David's activities in school include chewing gum, talking out of turn, and engaging in a food fight, causing his teacher to say over and over, "No, David!"

Ramona meets lots of interesting people in kindergarten class, like Davy whom she keeps trying to kiss and Susan whose springy curls seem to ask to be pulled.

Sara Crewe, a pupil at Miss Minchin's London school, is left in poverty when her father dies, but is later rescued by a mysterious benefactor.

Monty Merryandrew, a boy who sneezes whenever there is a ghost in the room, is sent to the Brinsley Codd School for Sensible Thought by his mother who is concerned about her son's belief in ghosts, but he runs into a really big problem when he discovers the school is haunted.

Sally and her big brother, Charlie Brown, get ready for the first day of school.

Bunny's favorite teacher, Mrs. Darcy, teaches Bunny not to be afraid to ask questions.

First-grade boys and girls go out to play at recess.

Impatient to begin reading, a first-grader doesn't realize that there is more to reading than books.

Mandy and Celia try to trace the descendants of the righful owners of the pirate treasure they find in the schoolhouse basement.