5 BACK TO SCHOOL BOOKS IN GERMAN

Is your child anxious to start school this fall? Or just going back after the long summer break? Either way, we have a few suggestions how to get your child in the mood.

Anna Llenas

DAS FARBENMONSTER GEHT IN DEN KINDERGARTEN

The color monster has its first day at preschool. Its friend just takes it along. And it he learns new friends, new routines and much more. In graphic, simple and still original illustrations centering on the essential this book introduces even younger kids to what they can expect. . And if you happen to have read the first volume DAS FARBENMONSTER, a book about feelings, you can even guess what the color monster feels. Though you might guess it anyway.

3 years and up

Anna Fiske

AllE GEHEN IN DIE SCHULE

When the first school day looms ahead, your child may have lots of questions. This book answers almost all. It starts with the first day, the teacher saying good morning for the first time. It shows different schools, different ways to school, various people working at school. It tells about what you learn, not just academics but also recess and social life. Obviously some things will differ from the daily life of your kid here in the US, but it a great starting point.

5 years and up

Sarah Welk / Caroline Opheys

MUTMURMELN FÜR DEN ERSTEN SCHULTAG

Lolle and Linus are neighbors and best friends - and soon off to their first year of school. Linus is a bit anxious about what to expect. What if he needs to pee during class? Or if he gets lost in the school building? Luckily Lolle has a great idea. They will do their own marbles of courage to help muster of some courage.

Wonderful picture book about friendship and owning up to your fears. A back to the school bestseller every year in Germany.

5 years and up

Agnes Bertron / Axel Scheffler

FRAU HOPPES ERSTER SCHULTAG

Ms. Hoppe is a teacher and her very first day in school is tomorrow. She is so nervous, everything seems to go wrong: she does not hear the alarm and being late hops on her bike in her night dress. Gets lost on her way...

A wonderfully silly story with a very important message: we all, even the adults, can be scared of the new! With illustrations by the Gruffello-illustrator Scheffler.

5 years and up

Bertram & Schulmeyer

DER ERSTE SCHULTAG

MO UND DIE KRÜMEL, Volume 1

Before Mo and his friends start school, they have an orientation day together with their teacher, Ms. Grimm. It is very quickly apparent, school will be tons of fun for all of them, but also entail lots of chaos! Mo and his friends have many ideas, like a fight of first day school cones (the cones are a German tradition! The fight is not...), a guinea pig for the class room....

If you and your children want to laugh out loud, this is a great pick to read before your child starts school or during the first years. Maybe not the most serious preparation...

6 years and up.

Timo Parvela

ELLA IN DER SCHULE

Volume 1

Equally funny, equally slapstick - maybe something you as an adult may enjoy even more because of some hints between the lines and since it is well written - is the Ella series, that appeals to girls and boys. It is a modern classic from Finland, with Ella and her friends doing up to all kind of silly things

6 years and up

Is your kid starting daycare?

Take a look at some wonderful board and picture books in German on daycare or preschool that help transition when starting daycare - or getting back into it after the summer break on this blog post.

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