Bent Northrop Memorial Library

Ten year-old Jake shares a special bond with his grandfather, Billy, but when Billy asks Jake to build him a sod house, Jake is not sure he wants to do it.

Nora is from Russia and her family is making a new home on the American prarie. Papa brings home chicks and they follow Nora, but one chick goes missing.

While spending Christmas at their grandparents' farm, Lily becomes convinced that her younger brother Liam is right about White Cow being lonely and helps him seek a companion for her, leaving little time for Christmas preparations or reading.