By cutting and grinding the wheat for flour, Jack starts from scratch to help make his breakfast pancake.

When first-graders Nick, Jamie, and Reza refuse to let Emma join their soccer game just because she is a girl, Emma and her father devise a plan to teach the boys a lesson.

"A visitor is coming to Mrs. Connor's class: a bunny! Her name is Sparky, and everyone wants to take care of her. Except for Reza. He doesn't want to admit it, but he's afraid of bunnies. When Mrs. Connor gives him a special job, and Reza beings to realize that maybe bunnies aren't so scary after all."--

Learn about the Rocky Mountains, how they came to be and what animals live there.

As they celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, the kids in Mrs. Connor's class share their hopes and dreams and imagine how to make the world a better place to honor the important holiday.

After enjoying an unexpected snow day, first grader Nia realizes staying at home really isn't so much fun after all when the snow keeps falling and the school remains closed.

"Eloise wants to throw Weenie a surprise party for his birthday, with Nanny's help of course!"--P. [4] of cover.

Hannah looks forward to Robin Hill School's celebration of one hundred days of classes, but when a cold keeps her home the day of the party she decides to bring in the one hundred buttons she found anyway.

"Eloise just loves, loves, loves animals--and cannot wait to go on a trip to the zoo with Nanny" -- Dust jacket.

Kat, who loves to make maps of all sorts of places and things, gives a special map to Jack.