To promote literacy, the library is giving out tee-shirts to young readers, and Franklin wants to be the first one in the neighbourhood to wear one. Franklin succeeds in the challenge, but discovers he's read all his books so fast, he didn't get a chance to enjoy them.
After Franklin's little sister, Harriet, keeps interrupting Franklin and Rabbit as they try to play rocket ship, Franklin asks his father for help, but Rabbit explains why it is always more fun when he lets his siblings join in.