Back to School Booklist
It's time to go back to school! Whether you're starting school for the first time or are looking back to your school days, we've compiled a list of books to help you get ready or reminisce!
Click on a title to find it in our catalog; and find many more titles at cobbcat.org
Children's Picture Books
Clover Kitty Goes to Kittygarten by Laura Purdie Salas
The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson
First Day Critter Jitters by Jory John
I Got the School Spirit by Connie Schofield-Morrison
It’s Your First Day of School, Busy Bus! by Jody Jensen Shaffer
The King of Kindergarten by Derrick Barnes
Lena’s Shoes Are Nervous by Keith Calabrese
Lola Goes to School by Anna McQuinn
The Queen of Kindergarten by Derrick Barnes
The School Book by Todd Parr
This is a School by John Schu
We Don’t Eat Our Classmates by Ryan Higgins
Children's and Preteen Chapter Books
The Amazing Life of Azaleah Lane by Nikki Shannon Smith
Emmy in the Key of Code by Aimee Lucido
It All Begins with Jelly Beans by Nova Weetman
The Losers Club by Andrew Clements
Merci Suárez Changes Gears by Meg Medina
The Next Great Paulie Fink by Ali Benjamin
Omar Rising by Aisha Saeed
Pippa Park Raises Her Game by Erin Yun
The Prettiest by Brigit Young
Stella Díaz Dreams Big by Angela Dominguez
Supergifted by Gordon Korman
Things Seen From Above by Shelley Pearsall
Teen and Young Adult Fiction
Between Perfect and Real by Ray Stoeve
Bitter by Akwaeke Emezi
Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry by Joya Goffney
Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating by Adiba Jaigirdar
Love in English by Maria Andreu
The Mary Shelley Club by Goldy Moldavsky
May the Best Man Win by ZR Ellor
The Other Side of Perfect by Mariko Turk
The Sky Blues by Robbie Couch
Smash It! by Francina Simone
Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson
Why Would I Lie? by Adi Rule
Adult Fiction
A Narrow Door by Joanne Harris
Adequate Yearly Progress by Roxanna Elden
The Book of Otto and Liam by Paul Griner
The Divines by Ellie Eaton
Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey
Master Class by Christina Dalcher
Minor Dramas & Other Catastrophes by Kathleen West
The Orchard by David Hopen
Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth
True Biz by Sara Nović
Trust Exercise by Susan Choi
We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry