"Vivi and her classmates take a field trip to the beach to study tide pools"--

The six horrible Herdman children create mayhem during Halloween. Annotation. The Herdmans plus Halloween have always spelled disaster. Every year these six kids -- the worst in the history of Woodrow Wilson School, and possibly even the world -- wreak havoc on the whole town. Now the mayor has had it. He's decided to cancel Halloween. And what's Halloween without candy? And without trick-or-treating? The Herdmans manage to turn the worst Halloween...

It is the first day of school at Monster Academy, where all the monsters go, and the lesson for the day involves counting missing teeth, and Vic the vampire is sad because he still has both fangs--until Jo, a troublemaking student who whirls like a dervish but is actually a human, gives him an apple at lunch.

A visiting author teaches five friends about the power of words and writing.

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

On Halloween a spaceship turns Miss Irma Birnbaum, the cruelest teacher in the world, into a fifty-foot monster, inspiring terror in her students.

"It's Bear's first day of school, and he's a bit reluctant to go. Mama says all bears love school; Bear isn't so sure. But school turns out to be full of fun--painting pictures, listening to stories, and making new friends. Maybe this bear will like school after all"--

Caldecott honor book: 1994.

When a teacher asks her students on the first day of school what they wish for in the coming year, the answers range from having a good school picture to receiving a perfect report card.