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.

On Becky's first day at a new school, she finds that she has a chance to run for class president.

After a summer of playing with his puppy, Michael is sad to learn that she cannot stay with him on the first day of school.

Mrs. Connor's first grade class decides to send colorful fall leaves to students in another state where the leaves do not change color.

Katie and her family make shamrocks for each of her classmates to celebrate St. Patrick's Day, but when Mrs. Connor shows a shamrock that looks very different, Katie is sad until, together, they learn the distinction between a shamrock and a four-leaf clover.

When first-grader Jamie has a Halloween party that includes a haunted house, Hannah is nervous to enter until Jamie volunteers to go too and explain everything to her.

When everyone in Ms. Connor's first grade class has a cold, she shows her students how to wash their hands to get rid of germs.

When Katie draws Andrew's name in the first-grade Christmas gift exchange, she decides not to give him a present because he has said mean things about her reindeer sweater.