Miriam Cohen

Even though he doesn't like his part in the first grade play, Jimmy saves the performance when one of the key players gets stage fright.

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

Alex has a hard time adjusting to his new first grade and tells wild stories to impress the other students.

When Jim's dog is killed, the other first graders experience with him his natural reactions to death.

When Charles, a young blind boy, joins their first-grade class, Anna Maria and the other children feel unsure of themselves and of him until they learn to accept Charles.

Second-grader Jim isn't sure what he wants to be for Halloween but he knows he wants to be scary.

The first graders get tired of Anna Maria's bossy ways during the Thanksgiving preparations.

Although George's classmates are well aware that he is not the smartest student in the first grade, they are proud to know him when his fast action in an emergency saves an elderly friend's life.

Jacob feels sad and alone. He wishes he could take back what he called Honey. But mean words can stick to a person. Will anyone ever be Jacob's friend again?