What's got Alley Petes shaking in her boots? Could it be the time she watched Nana Wilson's wig run down the hallway? Or perhaps, what she saw go into her lunchbox? Whatever it was, it couldn't be worse than the letter she received in the mail from her teacher. This year Alley Petes is returning back to Park Hill Elementary School. She's going to Pre-Second and can't wait to show off her new talents. She's a bit nervous about meeting her new teacher, Mrs. Morris. And after the first encounter with her, Alley is convinced she must be related to the wicked witch. But Mrs. Morris is not the only...

Alley Petes can't wait to play a new counting game at school. She's brought her secret weapons... her fingers. When Alley tries to add numbers beyond ten, the nightmare begins. She discovers she doesn't have enough fingers and is unable to solve the math solutions. Will she be able to discover a new strategy or uncover the case of the missing fingers?

What happens when a little girl explores the world of letters? Will she be able to tell the difference between curvy letters or letters that hang low? Join the adventure as the letter "u" helps our eager friend on a whimsical search to find letters of a unique design.

Alley is thrilled she knows her vowels until her teacher introduces a hidden secret her kindergarten teacher never showed her. The vowels make more than one sound. Will Alley catch on and learn how to read words with long vowels sounds? This just might be a mystery Alley can't solve.