Betta Nolan moves to a small town after the death of her husband to try to begin anew. Pursuing a dream of a different kind of life, she is determined to find pleasure in her simply daily routines. Among those who help her in both expected and unexpected ways are the ten-year-old boy next door, three wild women friends from her college days, a twenty-year-old who is struggling to find his place in the world, and a handsome man who is ready for love....

Rhyming text describes the many sounds of the city.

Two cows, Molly and Mabel, take the farmer's truck and go for an eventful joyride into town.

Abigail, Ralphie, and the other citizens of Lumberville struggle to endure a week-long heat wave.

"Boy with dog and grandfather with beard watch holiday lights turn on in the city"--

A young boy's frightened by how busy and noisy the city is when he goes there to visit his Nana, but she makes him a fancy red cape that keeps him from being scared as she shows him how wonderful a place it is.