Cohen, Miriam

Examines the scientific, social, and personal aspects of marijuana--its history, cultural impact, psychological and physical effects, dangers, legal status, and the pros and cons of the legalization issue.

The only one in first grade afraid of The Thing, Jim overcomes his fear on the playground.

Alex has a hard time adjusting to his new first grade and tells wild stories to impress the other students.

The first grade's costume party is interrupted by the third grade bully.

A first grader learns to accept himself as he is.

When he and some other first graders get lost in the museum, Jim decides to be brave and go find the teacher.

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

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.

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.

The first grade is distressed by an intelligence test that fails to measure true aptitude.