Alex has a hard time adjusting to his new first grade and tells wild stories to impress the other students.

Leo and Emily pack their rucksacks and hike in search of a dragon. Later that evening, they repack their rucksacks and hike again with their baby-sitter.

At an end-of-the-year beach picnic, Anna Maria, Jim, and the other children realize they will miss First Grade and their teacher, but decide they are ready for Second Grade after all.

Contains riddles about turtles, dogs, cats, fish, rabbits, chickens, etc. for children.

When Mrs. Peters, the troop leader, tells the Pee Wee Scouts that they will be putting on a Thanksgiving play at the town hall, Molly worries that she will forget all her lines.

Even though he doesn't like his part in the first grade play, Jimmy saves the performance when one of the key players gets stage fright.

After a disastrous first day of school, Stacy comes up with a plan win a best friend. Stacy Arrow's first day of school isn't going well at all. She was only trying to help when she told Jiwon, the girl with the black hair, that her drawing of herself looked like a cow. And she didn't mean to scare her with stories about man-eating snakes. Now Jiwon refuses to be Stacy's best friend. What's Stacy doing wrong? "You have to be nice to a friend," says...