Although his brother's friends make fun of it, Little Bill, an African-American boy, is very proud of the toy boat he has built and very upset when it is wrecked the first time he puts it in the water.
Little Bill, afraid to go to school because there is going to be a substitute teacher, is reassured by his mother who helps him remember that new things, while sometimes scary at first, usually turn out just fine.
Little Bill embarks upon a journey into outer space with his favorite superhero, Captain Brainstorm, in order to rescue the Space Explorers from a giant robot.
Little Bill becomes upset when it seems that he is always having to give up what he wants to do to accommodate someone else, but he gets his turn when his family rallies around to support his performance in the school play.
