Whenyou'reinthesecondgrade,youlearnnewthingseveryday.BeforeMs.Jones'sclass,Andrewdidn'tknowhowtospellneighborhood,howtosubtract348from411,howtowriteincursive,howtoreadachapterbook,orhowtoplaythexylophone.Butnowthathehasgraduatedfromsecondgrade,heknowshowtodoallofthesethings--andmore!Everyyearinschoolisasignificantbuildingblockforthenext.InthisbookAmySchwartzcapturesthemagicoflearningandgrowingduringoneofthemostimportantyears--secondgrade.