Jess is excited to have chicken pox, but soon realizes that it's no fun to be sick. Janell won't give up her imaginary friend until she makes friends at school. Emily's day at her mother's office reminds her of her days at school. Jason is afraid his mother won't need him after his baby sister is born. Jimmy doesn't want to get up because he is afraid he will have a bad day.
Classmates imagine themselves grown up and working at a variety of jobs.
Wilson is too shy to join the activities of the children in his class. Josie imagines that she is all kinds of animals while playing with her mother. An Inuit child discovers her mother's love for her is unconditional. A poem describes the fun a child has with his shadow. In this photo essay, children sing, paint, read, count, and write their way through a day of school.