Starting the new school year with a bunch of newbies, the babies, the Kindergarten angels can be daunting but should definitely be embraced for it is such a special time in the lives of these students as well as their families.

I love to share texts with my students each day with them all sitting at my feet, eyes on the pictures and imaginations running wild. I start with reading the title and predicting what the story may be about from the title and the front cover illustration. Then follow the book up with a multitude of activities.

See if you can get your hands on these books below to start your collection for the beginning of each school year.

• Wombat Goes To School by Jackie French

• Starting School by Jane Goodwin

• Starting School by Janet & Allan Ahlberg

• Splat The Cat by Rob Scotton

• The Terrible Suitcase by Emma Allen

• Twig by Aura Parker

• First Day by Andrew Daddo & Jonathan Bentley

• First Day by Margaret Wild

• Countdown to Kindergarten by Alison McGhee

• The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn

• Spot Goes To School by Eric Hill

• My Teacher Is A Monster by Peter Brown

• My First Day of School by Meredith Costain & Michelle Mackintosh

• I Don’t Want to go to School by Stephanie Blake

• Maddie's First Day by Penny Matthews

Have you shared any of these stories with your newbies? Are there others you can suggest?