Cooper Jewett, a fourteen-year-old who has never seen even a photo of his parents, wants to continue his simple life on his New Hampshire dairy farm after his grandfather dies but is dragged into election year politics when a senator uncovers a scandal and claims that the president and her husband are Cooper's parents.
Young readers will learn that there are dairy farms in all 50 American states. Dairy can help bones grow stronger. Discover these and other intriguing facts about dairy.
Annalisa, the most curious and stubborn of Mama May's children, disobeys her mother and upsets the family cow by refusing to kiss her in return for the milk she gives.
Presents a visit to a dairy plant, explaining where milk comes from, and looking at the workings of the plant, from the milking of the cows, to the bottling of milk and processing of other milk products.
Provides an introduction to farming, shows what it is like to live in a rural farming community, following the everyday lives of people in Monticello, Wisconsin, as they work, play, go to school, and celebrate, and looks at farming around the world.
