Ramona Quimby can't wait to get to kindergarten, but when she arrives she finds it incredibly confusing. The teacher tells her to sit in her seat "for the present," but the present never comes. During recess, she finds herself stuck on a bench while the other kids get to play games--just because she couldn't resist pulling on another girl's curls to see them go "boing." This is the first book starring the rascally Ramona.