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Timothy Goes to School volume 1
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Timothy is very excited about his first day of school. But when new classmate Claude tells him he's wearing "the wrong" clothes, Timothy feels embarrassed. He spends several days trying to impress Claude and become his friend. Meanwhile, Yoko has been trying to catch Timothy's attention to befriend him. When Yoko, who accepts Timothy as he is, assures him not to care so much about what Claude thinks, it is the start of a beautiful friendship. / Yoko...
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Timothy Goes to School volume 11
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Timothy finds it odd that Claude continues to make excuses for not taking the plunge during Swim Day at Hilltop School. However, it all becomes clear when Claude admits to Timothy that he is not very good at the sport, so Timothy takes it upon himself to teach Claude how to swim. / Timothy becomes anxious when he can't come up with a subject to teach everyone for a class exercise. The pressure mounts when all the other kids seem to be able to choose...
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Timothy Goes to School volume 7
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Mrs. Jenkins' class is performing a play about taking care of teeth and Yoko has the misfortune of being cast as the villain - the cavity! When Yoko realizes she can offer something unique to the role, her special violin sound effects become the highlight of the show. / The Franks take great pleasure in making everyone laugh with their funny jokes and zany antics, but they pull some pranks that go too far and their classmates are no longer amused....
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Timothy Goes to School volume 7
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Yoko chooses to plant a cherry blossom tree for her spring project but becomes discouraged when her classmates finish their projects before her tree has even begun to grow. Just as she is about to give up, Timothy reminds her how hard she has worked and convinces her to give it another chance. / Grace wants to be the star of the Hilltop Talent Show. However, she is devastated when she hurts her ankle before the big event. Fortunately it turns out...
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Timothy Goes to School volume 3
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Nora doesn't like change. Today, everything is changing, her favorite shirt, her favorite breakfast, even Dad is repainting her room. Thankfully at Hilltop, nothing changes. However, when a surprise game of musical tables forces Nora to change her seat and sit next to Lilly, she learns new and interesting things, and begins to embrace change. / When it becomes clear that Charles enjoys spending time alone, he develops a reputation for being shy and...
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Timothy Goes to School volume 2
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Nora proclaims Timothy is "the greatest" when he recaptures her pet lizard Norman, after its big escape. Timothy enjoys being the object of Nora's admiration until she starts relying too much on his help for every little thing. When Norman escapes again, Timothy desperately hopes that someone else will rescue the lizard and take over the title of "the greatest". / The discovery of an interesting rock in the schoolyard causes a dispute between Fritz...
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Timothy Goes to School volume 3
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Yoko's mother is coming to Hilltop School to perform a Japanese Tea Ceremony for "In the Spotlight." Yoko happily accepts Nora's help with all the preparations for the big event. A clash of cultures develops when Nora tries to infuse the sacred rituals of a Japanese Tea Ceremony with the fun and games of a home-style tea party. / Fritz has learned a new magic trick and reveals the secret behind the illusion to his good friend Timothy. When Grace...
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Timothy Goes to School volume 8
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Nora's fear of big and scary prehistoric creatures is heightened when the class makes preparations to go to a dinosaur museum. Luckily, Timothy recognizes Nora's apprehension, and figures out a way to make the museum trip more fun and show her that dinosaurs aren't such scary monsters after all. / Lilly's reputation for forgetfulness prevents her from being chosen to look after the class fish. She proves everyone wrong however, when in the end she...
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Timothy Goes to School volume 10
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Doris is in her element after a big snowfall and offers to be Lilly's snow-buddy since Lilly has never experienced winter before. When Doris wanders off to take part in a toboggan race, Lilly is left on her own to venture through the snow by herself. While trying to find Doris, she meets all of her other classmates, who show her fun and exciting things to do in the winter wonderland. When the two girls finally reconnect, Doris reveals how terribly...
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Timothy Goes to School volume 5
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Doris gets embarrassed when she paints a somewhat abstract picture in class and it doesn't look like anyone else's. Luckily she feels better when Mrs. Jenkins takes the children to a museum and Doris sees other abstract paintings that look just like hers. / Timothy is worried the Franks will think he is a baby if they find out he sleeps with a stuffed animal named Pingy. During a sleepover, Timothy does everything he can to hide Pingy, but is immensely...
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Timothy Goes to School volume 5
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Wanting to become an avid photographer like his dad, Timothy borrows the family camera and tries to capture all of his Hilltop friends on film. When they don't turn out the way he had expected, Timothy is reluctant to show anyone his pictures. After some coaxing, Timothy presents his photos, and much to his surprise, everyone likes them and sees things in his pictures that he hadn't noticed himself. / Lilly and Nora exchange a lucky penny and a...
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Timothy Goes to School volume 9
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Charles' mom and dad tell him how much he's growing, and he can't wait to get to school to share the big news with his friends. When Mrs. Jenkins' students display full-size cut-outs of themselves, it's clear that Charles is the smallest in the class. Charles soon learns that "smallest" is a relative term when Doris, the biggest in the class, shares her woes of being the smallest in her family. / Yoko is granted permission from her mother to take...
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Timothy Goes to School volume 11
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Jack is a happy baby that does all the things that normal babies do. But in Nora's eyes, he's a messy little brother who takes things and breaks them. She becomes so tired of Jack that she excludes him from the school painting project she's done of her family. Nora has a change of heart when she discovers what a fun and special playmate Jack can be. / Henry's discovery of a twenty-five year old time capsule in the school attic inspires Mrs. Jenkins'...
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Timothy Goes to School volume 6
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Yoko plays her violin beautifully at home, but when the class builds a music tree for a school concert and Mrs. Jenkins suggests Yoko plays her violin at it, she develops stage fright. Thankfully, with the encouragement of her Mother and her classmates, Yoko overcomes her fear and leads the class through a beautiful spring symphony. / Timothy chooses Claude over Yoko in a team project because he thinks Claude will help him win a special prize. However,...
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Timothy Goes to School volume 10
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Mrs. Jenkins' students are making science projects to display at Hilltop School's open house and Fritz, the class inventor, is going to impress everyone with his rocket ship. When a test flight goes haywire in front of the entire class, Fritz feels humiliated and abandons his experiment. With some encouragement from his friends, the budding scientist finds the confidence to go back to the drawing board. / Doris is inspired to take ballet lessons...
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Timothy Goes to School volume 1
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English
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Everyone is happy to be returning to Mrs. Jenkins' class after a school break, but Timothy is having trouble adjusting to life at Hilltop School without his friend Fritz. Since Fritz moved away, the two friends have been sending mail to each other, and in his last letter to Timothy, Fritz wrote that a surprise was on the way. Timothy and his classmates are very excited when they find out what that surprise is. / Everyone in Mrs. Jenkins' class received...
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Timothy Goes to School volume 12
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English
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The Franks can't help noticing that Charles finishes last place in every event for school sports day. They mistakenly think that Charles must feel bad about his athletic abilities and take it upon themselves to be his personal trainers. When they put him through a rigorous exercise program, Charles repeatedly wanders away. The Franks assume he's discouraged about his progress, but Charles couldn't be happier: he's busy building a spaceship. / Timothy...
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Timothy Goes to School volume 4
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Yoko takes a Japanese flying toy called a taketombo to school to show her classmates. But before her presentation, the Franks' errant football breaks it to pieces. The Franks are truly sorry about the mishap and want to show Yoko that they care about her feelings. In the end they learn that there is more than one way to take responsibility for their actions. / Everyone is excited about the field trip to Hilltop Park and when Mrs. Jenkins tells the...
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Timothy Goes to School volume 9
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After Timothy and his bike 'Red Thunder' win best all around bikemanship in the Bicycle Fun and Safety day at Hilltop, Timothy begins to believe he is a much more advanced cyclist than he is and feels he can do tricks that bigger kids can. However, when he tries to jump a ramp at the Frank's place and fails miserably, he realizes that perhaps he isn't as grown up or advanced as he originally anticipated. / It's puzzle day at Hilltop School, and there's...
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Timothy Goes to School volume 8
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Nora fears that her beloved story time with Mom will become a thing of the past when her mother says she'll soon be able to read all by herself. Nora becomes disenchanted with all of the school activities that promote reading skills, including a first trip to the library to borrow her own library books. Nora's concerns are put to rest when she learns that her mother loves reading her stories - and always will. / At her mother's encouragement, Nora...
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