Miriam Cohen

A visit to the Wizard to buy a magic spell seems the best solution for the little mouse who is "tired of being a mouse." The possibilities for change are endless and so is the humor of this lighthearted story about learning to be content with yourself.

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

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

Jim's anxieties on his first day of school are happily forgotten when he makes a new friend.

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

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

Second-grader Jim isn't sure what he wants to be for Halloween but he knows he wants to be scary.

Although George's classmates are well aware that he is not the smartest student in the first grade, they are proud to know him when his fast action in an emergency saves an elderly friend's life.

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

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.