Will I Have a Friend?

A little boy's anxieties on his first day at school are quickly forgotten when he makes a new friend. "Lively, full-color scenes of an integrated kindergarten engaging in familiar activities will make this a meaningful picture book for Head Start and other preschool story groups".--The Horn Book.
Jim faces his fears of making a friend on his first day of kindergarten in this picture book by Miriam Cohen, chosen as the Library of Congress's Children's Book of the Year.

When Pa was taking Jim to school for the first time, Jim said, "Will I have a friend at school?" "I think you will," said Pa.

But even his father's gentle reassurance doesn't make Jim feel any better. The other children in kindergarten are scary strangers to him. He's sure that he'll never find a friend...until naptime, when he discovers someone who feels the way he does.