Timothy learns about being accepted and making friends during the first week of his first year at school.

Starting with number one for the first day of school, Emily learns the numbers to one hundred in many different ways.

Max's big sister Ruby is determined to help him clean up his messy room, but he keeps rescuing things that she wants to throw away.

Even though the odds are against her and the Civil War has ruined her home and given her a view of the darker side of humanity, thirteen-year-old India Moody continues to aspire to become a scientist and attend Oberlin College.

While the popular Tiffany and athletic Charles make increasingly outrageous promises in their campaigns for President of Canine Country Day School, Otto quietly enters the race, vowing only to try to do what students really want.

Brothers Willie and Taddie share stories about their father, Abraham Lincoln, from 1859 to 1865.

"Sophie's parents tell her to say 'Hello,' 'Thank-you,' and 'Goodbye,' but the words stick like glue in Sophie's mouth and won't come out"--

A duck watches as the itsy-bitsy spider goes up and down the water spout.

When Yoko brings sushi to school for lunch, her classmates make fun of what she eats--until one of them tries it for himself.

Ruby gives her brother Max two baths, but he winds up dirtier than ever.