"...tells about Henry's sick day from school, Mudge's illness and visit to the vet, and their recuperation...School and public libraries can use this readalong for units on friendship, pets and illnesses." - School Library Journal
When Farmer Brown's cows find a typewriter in the barn they start making demands, and go on strike when the farmer refuses to give them what they want.
Henry's cousin Annie wants a pet, but she can't have a big dog like Mudge, so Henry and his parents help Annie settle on a pet that is perfect for her and her more delicate tastes - a little white bunny!
A young Abe Lincoln stumbles across a pig in trouble and decides he must help, even though it will mean arriving late and muddy for the important speech he is scheduled to make.
Annie takes her rabbit to the home of her new friend, Sarah, to play and enjoys seeing the pretty house full of frilly things, walking in the beautiful garden, and making a tiny garden house for a fairy tea party.
Little Duck celebrates his first birthday with the other animals on the farm by copying their examples, from shearing off all his feathers to taking a mudbath, before enjoying Farmer Brown's yummy frosted maple cake.