I was gripping my mother’s hand when we arrived at the door to the kindergarten. My baby sister held on...

Groundwood Books’ Girls With Grit novels share real girls’ voices, and their stories, from North America and around the world....

Of all my first days of school, the one in sixth grade is probably the one I remember most vividly....

To get to kindergarten, I had to walk across a bridge that spanned the Grand River in Paris, Ontario. The...

The first day of school — the thrill of seeing friends again; dressing in a carefully chosen outfit, debated and...

I never looked forward to the first day of school, it always made me anxious. A new school year meant...