When Dot feels nervous at her new school, she comes up with a clever plan using her pet tortoise, Monty, to make friends.
It's Dot's first day at a new school, and she is very nervous! She sits by herself at lunchtime, and at recess, she reads a book instead of playing with the other children. When the teacher asks the class if anyone has a pet, Dot tells everyone that she has a tortosaurus! Dot's tortosaurus (who's really her pet tortoise, Monty, wearing a costume) is a hit—everyone at school wants to take pictures with him. But soon, all the attention gets to be too much—and Dot finds that everyone at school is more interested in Monty than in being her friend. Will she ever make a friend?