Simon the rabbit trades his three cars for his friend Ferdinand's red car but when the red car breaks, Simon tries to find a way to get his three cars back.
Simon the rabbit does not want to go to his first day of school, but by the time his mother comes to take him home, he is having such a good time that he does not want to leave.
In 1959, ten-year-old Freedom Jane McKenzie wants to enter and win the marble competition at the Autumn Jubilee and win the title of Marble Queen, but first she must convince Mama that competing with boys is okay.