Third grader Judy Moody is in a first-day-of-school bad mood until she gets an assignment to create a collage all about herself and begins creating her masterpiece, the "Me Collage."

When Chester the raccoon is reluctant to go to kindergarten for the first time, his mother teaches him a secret way to carry her love with him.

In her own words, a young girl describes her feelings about starting kindergarten and what she does when she decides not to ride the bus home.

A nervous Splat finds his first day at Cat School much better than he expected.

A mouse named Wemberly, who worries about everything, finds that she has a whole list of things to worry about when she faces the first day of nursery school.

Amber is nervous about starting second grade with a new teacher, but despite being in the same class as mean Hannah Burton, things turn out just fine.

On the first day of school, a young panda learns about the special things his animal classmates can do.

The start of Tucker the rabbit's first day of kindergarden is rocky, but making new friends helps change his attitude toward school.

Mr. Fish recalls how, on his very first day of school, he anxiously went to one classroom after another watching students do things he could not, until Miss Hewitt showed him to the room that was right for beginners.

A literal-minded first-grader's first day of school is filled with confusing adventures, much to her delight.