--- product_id: 69247163 title: "First Day Jitters: 1 (The Jitters Series)" price: "NZ$46" currency: NZD in_stock: false reviews_count: 8 url: https://www.desertcart.nz/products/69247163-first-day-jitters-1-the-jitters-series store_origin: NZ region: New Zealand --- # 4.8/5 rating from 7,800+ reviews Energetic, fun illustrations on every page 752K+ sales rank - proven popularity First Day Jitters: 1 (The Jitters Series) **Price:** NZ$46 **Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock ## Summary > 📖 Turn first-day fears into lasting confidence with a story everyone will cherish! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** First Day Jitters: 1 (The Jitters Series) - **How much does it cost?** NZ$46 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Currently out of stock - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.nz](https://www.desertcart.nz/products/69247163-first-day-jitters-1-the-jitters-series) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - • **Trusted by Thousands:** Highly rated and widely loved, making it a must-have for every family’s bookshelf. - • **Vibrant Illustrations:** Bright, energetic visuals that engage young readers and spark imagination. - • **Relatable Storytelling:** Captures the universal first-day-of-school jitters with a heartfelt twist. - • **Teacher-Child Connection:** Unique perspective revealing the teacher’s own first-day nerves, fostering empathy. - • **Emotional Intelligence Boost:** Helps children and parents navigate new beginnings and school anxieties. ## Overview First Day Jitters is a bestselling children’s book featuring lively illustrations and a relatable story about the anxieties of starting school. With a unique twist revealing the teacher’s own nervousness, it offers emotional support for kids and parents alike. Boasting a 4.8-star rating from over 7,800 reviews, it’s a trusted resource for easing new beginnings. ## Description Fun, energetic illustrations brighten page after page with the busy antics surrounding Sarah Jane. First Day Jitters is an enchanting story that is sure to be treasured by anyone who has every anticipated a first day of school. Review: A lovely book about new beginnings - I love this book! I had to teach an RE topic on Beginnings, the first lesson of which wanted to discuss children's own experience of new beginnings. I was trying to find a book/story to read them about a child's first day ay school. This one is perfect, with a man trying desperately to coax Sarah-Jane out of bed and out of the house to go to her new school. Sarah-Jane is very reluctant - "What if no one likes me, what if I don't like the new school, etc etc. \The great twist at the end of the story is that Sarah-Jane is the teacher! My class loved this and asked me lots of questions about how I felt on my first day at their school. Review: help with my six year old and school - I bought this little book after searching high street book stores for some help with a problem my little girl had developed. After a long and happy Christmas Holiday she went back to school on the first day of the new term and suddenly refused, point blank, to go in to her class. She became very distressed and this was completely out of the blue and out of character. It transpired, after gentle interrogation that it was related to a 'minor' telling off she and two others had receieved and she now had an unreasonable fear of her head mistress. All other books I looked at were targeted at pre-school children starting school for the first time. This book addresses the emotions she was experiencing and has a fabulous twist at the end which 'humanizes' (if that's a word) the teacher too. Fingers crossed, the situation has improved greatly another book that may also have contributed to this improvement is 'Llama Llama misses Mamma'. ## Features - Fun, energetic illustrations brighten page after page with the busy antics surrounding Sarah Jane. First Day Jitters is an enchanting story that is sure to be treasured by anyone who has every anticipated a first day of school. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | 752,174 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) 1,201 in Children's Books on School 2,841 in Fiction About Emotions & Feelings for Children 3,828 in Children's Books on Self-Esteem & Self-Respect | | Customer Reviews | 4.8 out of 5 stars 7,822 Reviews | ## Images ![First Day Jitters: 1 (The Jitters Series) - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81zaplRGWBL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A lovely book about new beginnings *by M***Y on 1 November 2014* I love this book! I had to teach an RE topic on Beginnings, the first lesson of which wanted to discuss children's own experience of new beginnings. I was trying to find a book/story to read them about a child's first day ay school. This one is perfect, with a man trying desperately to coax Sarah-Jane out of bed and out of the house to go to her new school. Sarah-Jane is very reluctant - "What if no one likes me, what if I don't like the new school, etc etc. \The great twist at the end of the story is that Sarah-Jane is the teacher! My class loved this and asked me lots of questions about how I felt on my first day at their school. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ help with my six year old and school *by S***C on 20 March 2011* I bought this little book after searching high street book stores for some help with a problem my little girl had developed. After a long and happy Christmas Holiday she went back to school on the first day of the new term and suddenly refused, point blank, to go in to her class. She became very distressed and this was completely out of the blue and out of character. It transpired, after gentle interrogation that it was related to a 'minor' telling off she and two others had receieved and she now had an unreasonable fear of her head mistress. All other books I looked at were targeted at pre-school children starting school for the first time. This book addresses the emotions she was experiencing and has a fabulous twist at the end which 'humanizes' (if that's a word) the teacher too. Fingers crossed, the situation has improved greatly another book that may also have contributed to this improvement is 'Llama Llama misses Mamma'. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Lovely story *by N***Y on 2 December 2013* A lovely book that I bought for my class. A nice story for the beginning of term with a lovely twist at the end, especially as it was my first day at school too! The book came quickly as it was shipped from america and was great quality. ## Frequently Bought Together - Charlesbridge Publishing First Day Jitters - Tanglewood The Kissing Hand (The Kissing Hand Series) --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.nz/products/69247163-first-day-jitters-1-the-jitters-series](https://www.desertcart.nz/products/69247163-first-day-jitters-1-the-jitters-series) --- *Product available on Desertcart New Zealand* *Store origin: NZ* *Last updated: 2026-04-29*