Book excerpt: "Jimmy doesn't want to go to school. He's been in the first grade for a few months now, but he still thinks the huge doors at the entrance to his school are scary. It's not just the big doors, though, that are making him nervous and a little scared; it's knowing that as soon as he speaks, the other kids in his class will laugh and make fun of him. Jimmy knows what he wants to say, but sometimes the words come out wrong. Jimmy gets even more nervous and scared when his teacher, Mrs. Lyons, tells the children they will be performing a play for all their friends and families. The play is 'The Elves and the Shoemaker' ... and she casts Jimmy as one fo the elves. Mrs. Lyons assures Jimmy that he'll do just fine. But how will he ever be able to speak in front of an audience?"--Book jacket.