Some children walk to school; others ride a bus. Children go by ferry in New York, vaporetto in Italy, trolley car in San Francisco, and helicopter in the Alaskan Tundra. With fun-filled rhymes and colorful illustrations, children will discover just how much fun getting to school can be.

On the way to school, Baldomero finds a wild pig that teaches him how to paint with his feet, and a fox that teaches him how to make cheese. He also finds some frogs….

Crisantemo takes pride in her name, but she stops liking it after her classmates make fun of it. Things begin to change, however, when she meets her new music teacher, who makes her feel proud of her special name once again.

Amelia would like to have a dog as a pet, but pets are not allowed in her home. She must use a large amount of patience and imagination to try to convince her father.

Emilio thinks a bat would make the ideal pet. Can anything change his mind?

In the hungry old wolf’s home, he can always count on a miserable vegetable soup for dinner. But one night there is a knock at the door of his little cabin and it turns out to be none other than a poor little lamb that is lost. The wolf then begins to imagine that tonight he will fill his stomach with a delicious stew ... but the lamb does not want to become the wolf's dinner, she wants to become his friend!