Noodle the Golden Parrot is shy and has a dilemma at Canopy Elementary school making new friends. She is encouraged by her teacher Mrs. Rosella to try to meet some new friends during their first Friday fun class party . She meets new friends and all of them are a little "different." The message in this story is that it is okay to meet new people, ones who look and act different and that anyone can be a "friend." The children all celebrate their differences together.