Meet Pooh, the new kid on the block whose father just moved to a new state because he is in the military. Pooh wishes to go outside and play football with a group of kids from the neighborhood, but he has one problem! Although Pooh is use to moving around and has made new friends in other places, he is very shy. In this book, Pooh is encouraged by his mother and comes face to face with having to overcome his fear of being shy. This is the first of many books to come written by James Washington Jr.