I love these two back-to-school books, because they focus on the mothers’ love for their child, and how that can help their child get through the nerves of the first day. (This reminds me of 1 John 4:18.)
We read The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn every eve of the first day of school, and we have for years now! In this book, the mother gives her child a kiss on his hand, and tells him to use it whenever he needs it during his school day. Now we give each other Kissing Hands, and my kids laugh and laugh that I can never resist “using it” right away.
Love by Corrinne Averiss is a new book that we read this year. (My son didn’t like it, but probably because it’s about a little girl instead of a little boy!) But it is a sweet idea and one that I think can help calm nerves about the first day of school. It reminds me a lot of The Kissing Hand. The idea of Love is that we all have strings that connect us to the people we love, and it is comforting to know the string is always there.
So for anyone starting school this week, or who has started school already, or starts school sometime soon, I hope you know you are so loved!