Cohen, Miriam

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

When the light in the classroom incubator burns out, two friends are brought together again as they act to save the lives of the unhatched chickens.

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.

When Jim goes to school for the first time, he's afraid he won't find a friend there.

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

The pupils of a first grade class prepare for their St. Valentine's Day party.

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.

At an end-of-the-year beach picnic, Anna Maria, Jim, and the other children realize they will miss First Grade and their teacher, but decide they are ready for Second Grade after all.