Cambridge Springs Public Library

The children arrive on the first day of school and build a mud structure to be their classroom for the next nine months until the rainy season comes and washes it all away.

First-grader Jessica, a big worrier, is especially afraid that she will make a mistake when she is reading in front of her class and parents on Reading Theater Day, but after lots of practice reading to her dog Wiggles, she performs perfectly.

Amelia is so big that she is always last in line at school and none of the other students will play with her, but a special new classmate teaches her that size is not always the most important thing.

"How can there be homework when it's only the first day of school? Splat must pick only one of all of his fun summer adventures to share with his classmates at show-and-tell. But in the end, Splat may find that the best part of his summer wasn't an adventure at all..."--p. [4] of cover.

Sam's mean valentine for Amy Lou goes astray at school and almost ruins the day for him and his friends.

A nervous Splat finds his first day at Cat School much better than he expected.

Little Critter plans, researches, and creates a project on caterpillars.

Franklin is not successful in proving that "Flash" would be a good nickname for him.

Pete the cat wears his school shoes when visiting the library, the lunchroom, the playground, and more while singing his special song.

Cocoa the horse does not want Cowgirl Kate to go to school without him.