A snowman comes alive as the child building it adds pieces during the first ten days of winter.

Discusses the science behind solstices.

-Pregnant Eve needs to escape from her abusive husband, Kris, but her plans get ruined when she goes into labor on the first day of winter. -Peter desires purpose and direction in his life and finds it in a church but the devote pastor there threatens him with being removed unless Peter can help the pastor on a difficult mission to murder a young boy. -During a civil war, three soldiers on a special mission stumble upon an enemy campsite and discover...

When the first snow of the year falls on the first day of winter, all the snow people have a snow party.

"Rosie can't wait to start kindergarten--she's had her pencils sharpened and her backpack ready for weeks. But suddenly, on the night before the big day, her tummy hurts. Rosie's mom reassures her that it's just butterflies in her belly, and she'll feel better soon. Much to Rosie's surprise, when she says hello to a new friend on the bus, a butterfly flies out of her mouth! As the day goes on, Rosie frees all her butterflies, and even helps another...

On the first day of spring Pig sets out to have a picnic by the pond, meets Goose, and so discovers a new friend.

"A five-year-old recounts the cool new things she got to do in the first twelve days of kindergarten"--

On her first day of fifth grade, Cam Jansen uses her photographic memory to help the police find a car thief. Includes a memory game.

Tells the story of Stanley the bulldog's first day of school, during which he learns the importance of being himself.