Presents illustrations in which a group of animals decide to have a picnic and travel the countryside in search of a perfect spot, only to later find that their cake is missing.
While his mother prepares a picnic, Jack invites a giraffe, an elephant, and other animals to lunch and each eagerly agrees, as long as they can play first.
At an end-of-the-year beach picnic, Anna Maria, Jim, and the other children realize they will miss First Grade and their teacher, but decide they are ready for Second Grade after all.