The author describes some childhood memories: Valentine's Day at school, fishing with his father, building a fort, letting frogs loose in his class, and Thanksgiving with his grandmother.

Germs describe in rhyme how they attack the body to cause illness and how careful people make life difficult for germs.

In this rhyming story, an African American girl hides when it's time to comb and braid her hair.

In rhyming text, head lice or "cooties" explain how they like to invade schools and live in children's hair and reveal how they can be stopped.

When two best friends compete in a mock rodeo at school, they learn that winning is not everything.

Fluffy the guinea pig enjoys himself when Ms. Day's class has a party to celebrate the one hundredth day of school.