"A little girl becomes bored and cranky during a visit to an art museum until she begins to identify with details in the paintings. Suddenly art starts to imitate real life"--Provided by publisher.
Follows the first year in the life of a duck that is born on the Canadian prairie, flies south along the Mississippi River, is injured and cared for, before returning home.
Robyn is trying to learn how to skate as well as her friend Marie but has trouble stopping without falling down; however, when she sees two skaters fall through the ice, she has to skate as fast as she can in order to save them.
When her best friend is invited to another party--one to which Robyn is not invited--the same day as her own, Robyn turns this unexpected development into an opportunity and begins to understand the wisdom of her mother's rule that she invite every person in her class.