How did you feel about the approach of the first day of school when you were a kid?

Some are excited. Some apprehensive.

Little Freddie Tennyson is really unsure about this whole school thing. He’s been enjoying the summer days with his older brother but Scott is now old enough for kindergarten.

But little brothers have important jobs too.

Let’s join the brothers Tennyson tomorrow, shall we, to see how they fare with the big changes coming up in their lives?

Welcome to Carding, Vermont where life always includes a dash of the unexpected. You can find the little town that no one can seem to find on a map right here in the Carding Chronicles and in the four novels of Carding, Vermont, The Road Unsalted, Thieves of Fire, The Dazzling Uncertainty of Life, and Lights in Water, Dancing.

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