During a summer spent at Rockaway Beach in 1944, Lily's friendship with a young Hungarian refugee causes her to see the war and her own world differently.

With three people claiming ownership and not many clues to go on, Dawn Bosco faces a tough mystery when she attempts to identify the rightful owner of the shiny red purse she finds in the schoolyard.

When her pet dog goes outside during a snow storm, an imaginative young girl tries to save him from the sneaky snow fox.

Ronald Morgan is a second-grader whose day goes from bad to worse, beginning with a dropped pencil and a bad nickname, but ends on a happy note when he discovers that he can read.

Stacy wants to make a special "About-Me" box for her new class project, but she can't think of a thing to put in it.

Mrs. Zachary wants her class to be people-helpers and prepare a Spectacular Stone Soup together. Stacy works hard to be helpful but no one seems to notice. Can a bunch of onions turn her into a people-helper?

Each student in Ms. Rooney's room celebrates the December holidays by being a secret pal to a classmate.

Richard determines to win the Thanksgiving Candy Corn contest by guessing the correct number of candies in the jar but before he realizes what he's done he eats three big pieces. What will the teacher do when she finds out?

To help her class win the school contest, Dawn Bosco will have to find the person who is trying to ruin their play, Little Red Riding Hood   Ms. Rooney's second-grade class is determined to win the school contest by putting on a surprise play. Dawn Bosco will play Little Red Riding Hood, and Jason Bazyk will be the Big Bad Wolf.   But someone is trying to ruin everything. First, Dawn hears a scary voice backstage. Then, the wolf suit goes missing....