Owl Babies
Martin Waddell & Patrick Benson
The clearest story there is about a grown-up who goes away and comes back.
Books for starting nursery or school, and for goodbyes at the gate
A good book for this moment does not promise everything will be fine. It gives your child words for the worry and something to hold on to at the door.
The Invisible String
Patrice Karst
An image they can use on their own, at the gate, when you have already gone.
Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown & Clement Hurd
For the night before: a familiar ritual when everything else is about to change.
Giraffes Can't Dance
Giles Andreae & Guy Parker-Rees
For the kid worried about not fitting in with the others.