When strict Mrs. Derkman moves next door to third-grader Katie Carew, scares her friends away, and insists she keep her dog, Pepper, on a leash, Katie finds a non-magical solution to the problem. Includes steps for teaching a dog to sit and stay.
Explains the whole-faculty study group process as an approach to school reform, discussing the role of the principal, the developmental stages of study groups, and other topics, and looking at why the process is so successful when properly applied.
Presents the story of sixteen-year-old Anne's adventures after she returns to Avonlea on Prince Edward Island to teach in the village school she attended as a young girl.
Traces the life and achievements of the black educator who fought bigotry and sought equality for blacks in the areas of education and political rights.