The Fairchild family is here again and this time, Bonnie is old enough to begin the great adventure—School! We join her in excruciating anticipation of the first day, when Bonnie will wear her new dress, carry a first reader and slate, and—displaying nonchalance as she braves the swinging bridge—enter into the mysteries of schoolroom learning and playground rites in a woodland setting of the early 1900s. Bonnie's older brother and three sisters, her various classmates and Miss Cora, her teacher, add their liveliness to an eventful season of learning—on every front—in the Kentucky Hills. Rebecca Caudill's unfailing insights into a child's heart are enhanced by Decie Merwin's skillful drawings.
Upstairs on the long rod, hung all the new clothes Mother had been making for school...Bonnie slipped off her faded, everyday dress, took the pink dress from the rod, and put it on. By trying very hard, she could button all the buttons in her back...
"Bon-nee!" came Mother's voice from downstairs. "Coming!" called Bonnie as she jumped into her faded everyday dress, and ran down the stairs.
At the dinner table every-one talked about school. "I'm going to finish my bat after dinner," said Chris. "Andy Watterson is making a ball. If we go to school early enough Monday morning, we can play a game of ball before the bell rings."
"I'm going to sit with Janie Sawyer," said Debby. "We planned it yesterday."
"Ellen Watterson and I are going to ask Miss Cora to let us erase the blackboards," said Emmy.
"I'm going to ask Miss Cora to let me teach a class some day when she's busy," said Althy.
"What are you going to ask Miss Cora to let you do Bonnie?" asked Mother.
"Everything," said Bonnie.
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