If your child is off to preschool, kindy or big school this year, HarperCollins has two picture books to help them on their way – and here’s your chance to win both stories!              

BY HEJIRA CONVERY, KINDICARE

JANUARY 13, 2026

Making friends and starting school are two massive milestones for your little one, and although some things come naturally, a little guidance is always good!  

You want your preschooler to approach these new experiences with kindness, awareness and confidence; and we have two picture books that offer helpful tips in a really heartwarming way.  

How to Be a Friend and How to Go to Big School are both written by Sarah Ayoub and illustrated by Mimi Purnell; and whether your child is about to start preschool, kindy or primary school, these books belong in their life!  

How to Be a Friend talks about what it means to be a good friend, with lots of nice shared experiences wrapped in approachable rhyme.  

While the new release, How to Go to Big School, takes the mystery out of their monumental move to primary education.   

This gentle and reassuring story takes your child through all the ins and outs of school, so they’ll know how to get ready in the morning, what to take along, who they’ll meet, and where they’ll play and learn. 

This is all very helpful, and whether your child has two years till school, or two weeks, make sure you enter this KindiCare giveaway!  

Thanks to our friends at HarperCollins, we have three prize packs to hand out, each containing a copy of: 

• How to Be a Friend, and 

• How to Go to Big School 

For your chance to win both books… 

Simply head to KindiCare’s Instagram or Facebook page and follow the instructions – tagging lots of friends for lots of entries. 

And if you want to read the picture books right now, you’ll find them where all good kids’ stories are sold.