Layla is a shy new girl in first grade and her classmates wonder why she wears a head scarf. As the school day progresses, the first graders learn about Layla's culture and help make her feel more at ease in her new school. Part of the We Love First Grade!™ series.

After wondering about the new girl's hijab, the class learns just how much they all have in common.

After wondering about the new girl's hijab, the class learns just how much they all have in common.

Kar-Ben Read-Aloud eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting to bring eBooks to life! It's 1942. Sam's class is knitting socks for soldiers and Sam is a terrible knitter. Keiko is a good knitter, but some kids at school don't want anything to do with her because the Japanese have bombed Pearl Harbor and her family is Japanese American. When Keiko's family is forced to move to a camp for Japanese Americans, can Sam find a way to demonstrate his friendship?

It's Rashin's first day of school in America! Everything is a different shape than what she's used to: from the foods on her breakfast plate to the letters in the books! And the kids' families are from all over! The new teacher asks each child to imagine the shape of home on a map. Rashin knows right away what she'll say: Iran looks like a cat! What will the other kids say? What about the country YOUR family is originally from? Is it shaped like an apple? A boot? A torch? Open this book to join Rashin in discovering the true things that shape a place called home.

Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and sentence highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! With rhythmic, rhyming verse, this picture book follows two girls—one non-Black Puerto Rican, one Black—as they discover the stories their hair can tell. Preciosa has hair that won’t stay straight, won’t be confined. Rudine’s hair resists rollers, flat irons, and rules. Together, the girls play hair salon! They take inspiration from their moms, their neighbors, their ancestors, and cultural icons. They discover that their hair holds roots of the past and threads of the future. With rhythmic, rhyming verse and vibrant collage art, author NoNieqa Ramos and illustrator Keisha Morris follow two girls as they discover the stories hair can tell.

Winner at the 2014 Living Now Book Awards. Follow these two friends into the depths of the jungle and discover the ancient science of yoga. Its wisdom and secrets await you in this book. Ravi and Tony suddenly crashed into each other in the huge hall of the United States Embassy in Delhi by chance. Surprisingly, although they are very different and come from different cultures, instantly a beautiful friendship arises between them and they become excellent playmates. Enthusiastic, Ravi proposes a new adventure—to explore the wisdom of the jungle and teach Tony about the lush forest and introduce him to yoga, the science of the spirit that goes back thousands of years in India. They meet all kinds of exotic animals, and the two friends blend in with them and perform yoga asanas, thus balancing their body and mind. Do you know the benefits of practicing yoga? It improves improve our poise and concentration, nurturing a learning process that will fill them with peace, happiness and a sense of being connected to nature.

Meri knows best friends forever don't always last, but why did her ex-best turn into the meanest girl in school? With help from one of the spunkiest girls in children's literature, Anne Shirley of Anne of Green Gables, Meri works to unravel the mystery of best friend turned worst bully. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Calico is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO.

A young girl is afraid that her first day of school will mean leaving her best friend behind. Nonnie (a giraffe) may not seem like a typical best friend, but to one little girl in Africa, she's absolutely perfect. This picture book is a great addition to any back to school collection to ease worries and anxiety for young children starting school.

"Warm and friendly characters welcome a new student to the first day of school"--