Tawny Lynn Brown is a six year old African - American girl who lives in the City of Lackawanna. She lives with her mom Tamara, her dad Randy, her brother Sam and her pet turtle Duke. She loves flowers and hates rainy days. She is a first grader at Roosevelt Elementary, where she attends class with her best friend Jessie Johnson who lives down the street with his mom and his pet cat named Zeus. Tawny finally got her new bicycle. It's pink and white with squiggly lines and a banana seat, and it's the bestest one. She wanted that bike and she wanted to ride it right away. Daddy has to put the training wheels on it so that she won't tip over because she's not ready for the two wheels yet. Everybody saw it and said that it was a nice bike. Tawny wanted to ride it as soon as she got home. Only Momma said she has to wait till after dinner.