Sammy Starfish is so excited to bring his new birthday pencil to school! But he can't find the pencil when he gets back from recess. Sammy has always been a little shy, but he has to overcome his shyness and talk to new kids in his class in order to figure out what happened to his birthday pencil. He quickly realizes he had no reason to be afraid of talking to new kids, and he is happy to have made new friends!