But What If I Can?

"I can't do it." That's what one little boy tells himself again and again-whether it's catching a baseball, baking cookies, or reading a book. His "buddy" always seems to remind him of the things he can't do.

But everything changes on the first day of first grade, when he meets a new friend on the playground. She has a different kind of buddy-the kind that says, "I'm just learning," and "Practice helps me get better." With her encouragement, he discovers that maybe "can't" isn't the end of t...