For the traditional Japanese celebration of Girls' Day, Yoko receives a special gift from her grandparents in Japan: a doll named Miki that has b

Yoko loves kindergarten, but she doesn't want her mother to leave--until her new friend helps her realize that "mothers always come back."

When Yoko's class puts on a play about taking care of teeth, several students are not happy with their parts.

Yoko helps Timothy learn to play the bells of Sarna so that he can perform a solo in the school talent show.

When Yoko brings sushi to school for lunch, her classmates make fun of what she eats--until one of them tries it for himself.

Yoko pretends she cannot read because she thinks that if her mother finds out she can, no one will read her a bedtime story.

McDuff and Aunt Frieda's cat, Purlina, tussle over a bit of food, which leads to a merry chase through the house during Sunday dinner.

When Yoko gets lost in the airport, she uses her sign-reading skills to find her way back to her mama.

When Yoko moves from Japan to California, she decides to make and send origami swans to her grandmother for her birthday.

Despite the doubts of some classmates and her native-born Japanese mother's inability to read English, Yoko finds the key to reading and catches

Kindergartner Yoko not only learns to write her letters and numbers in English, she shows her teacher and fellow students how to write their name

Presents six stories in which students adjust to their first year of school, where they acquire skills, build self-confidence, and learn how to g