Llama Llama Misses Mama (2009)

The goodbye is the hard part, and this book knows it. Mama Llama takes Llama Llama to preschool and introduces him to the teachers, classmates, books and games, then leaves for work, and his excitement wobbles. Anna Dewdney's short rhyming text suits the youngest starters, and the story follows exactly the shape most children need to hear: the other children show him how much fun school can be, and Mama comes back at the end of the day. Choose it for a child whose real worry is being apart from a parent.