The Classroom Pet

by Grace Maccarone

Published 1 November 1995
With inspiring and educational stories, Scholastic's Hello Reader series caters to the spectrum of reading abilities among beginning readers. My First Hello Readers use basic words to reinforce phonics and sight vocabulary. The books at this level offer punch-out flash cards plus six additional pages of skill-building activities. Levels 1 - 4 combine a greater vocabulary and longer sentence length. Each book has an introductory letter from an education specialist guiding parents on how to help their children learn to read. Preschool - Kindergarten.

The Class Trip

by Grace Maccarone

Published 11 January 1999
When his class goes to the zoo, Sam fails to keep up with the rest of the group and gets lost.

Dad arrives just in time for Sam's first grade graduation.

Softball Practice

by Grace Maccarone

Published 1 March 2002
Best-selling author and illustrator Grace Maccarone and Betsy Lewin team up to create this latest book in the popular FIRST-GRADE FRIENDS series!
Batter up! It's time for softball practice!
Aunt Gracie drives Jan and friend Sam to the park for softball practice. As she drives off, Jan and Sam wait for the other team members to arrive. But Jan starts to get worried and realizes that her Aunt Gracie left them at the wrong park. Sam has a great idea to pass the time by practicing softball. And while they're having fun, Sam's mom, Jan's dad and Aunt Gracie all arrive. And they end up having a great softball practice anyway!

The Recess Mess

by Grace Maccarone

Published 1 January 1996
First-grade boys and girls go out to play at recess.

Sharing Time Troubles

by Grace Maccarone

Published 1 March 1997
Sam searches through all of his toys but can't find anything good enough to take to school for show and tell until his troublesome little brother appears.