A familiar story about first-day-of-school fears and the kind of friendship that helps you overcome them. For children ages 4 years and up.

It's the first day of school and Max is terrified! But he's sure that Mr. Kalamazoo, his stuffed bear, will protect him. Only . . . not so much. Things get totally wild! Luckily, just when it looks like the day will be a complete disaster, a mysterious classmate opens her backpack . . .