It’s back-to-school time and as parents, we want to make sure our children get off to a positive start. We’ve asked Jessica Fink, executive  director, Jewish Library of Baltimore to give families book suggestions to help make the transition to new year a little less stressful for all! Books are available for check-out at the Library.

Preschool
• We Don’t Eat Our Classmates by Ryan T. Higgins

Pre-k through Kindergarten
• Meesha Makes Friends by Tom Percival 

First grade
• Bonaparte Falls Apart by Margery Cuyler and Will Terry

Second grade
• Junkyard Wonders by Patricia Polacco

Third through Fifth grade
• The Lemonade War by Jacqueline Davies 

Middle School
• Maxi’s Secrets: (or What You Can Learn from a Dog) by Lynn Plourde 
• Slacker by Gordon Korman

High School
• The Genius under the Table: Growing up Behind the Iron Curtain by Eugene Yelchin 
• RBG’s Brave & Brilliant Women: 33 Jewish Women to Inspire Everyone by Nadine Epstein, et al

For Parents
• The Power of Showing up: How Parental Presence Shapes Who Our Kids Become and How Their Brains Get Wired by Daniel J. Siegel and Tina P. Bryson 

• Emunah with Love and Chicken Soup: The Story of Rebbetzin Henny Machlis, the Brooklyn-Born Girl Who Became a Jerusalem Legend by Sara Y. Rigler