As she rejects suitor after suitor, the recently widowed Mrs. Fox almost despairs of ever finding a new husband with the same wonderful qualities as the late Mr. Fox.
When Minerva Louise, a curious chicken, mistakes a baby crib for a rabbit hutch, she searches for the rabbit and in the process discovers new additions around the house.
Whenever Jimmy visits his grandfather he asks to hear about how Great-great-great-grandfather Lars traveled with his family from Denmark to Minnesota and built a home that was the beginning of the town of New Hope.