Llama Llama experiences separation anxiety on his first day of nursery school.

Drew, who prefers to be called Drool, worries her parents are never coming back when she spends the night with her grandmother.

Lili spends a few days with her grandmother while her mother is away and thinks she sees her mother's yellow hat everywhere she goes.

"A mother reassures her daughter that--whether their time apart has been long or short, boring or exciting--their family will soon be together again"--

When Chester the raccoon is reluctant to go to school for the first time, his mother teaches him a secret way to carry her love with him.

"A child worries about what it will be like while his papa is away, until papa is home"--

Dax and Zoe are twins. They go together like peanut butter and jelly. It's the night before the twins are starting kindergarten, and they have the just-about-to-start-school jitters. After all, they will be in different classrooms! What will kindergarten be like when they're not together all day? But Dax and Zoe will learn that kindergarten is full of new surprises and adventures, and being apart for a short while isn't so bad.