Contains photographs and information about cows, looking at where they live, what they eat and drink, and how they give milk, and naming some of the things that can be made from milk.
Kek, an African refugee, is confronted by many strange things at the Minneapolis home of his aunt and cousin, as well as in his fifth grade classroom, and longs for his missing mother, but finds comfort in the company of a cow and her owner.
Tired of being washed by Mrs. Wishy-Washy, a cow, pig, and duck leave her farm and head for the city where they learn there are worse things than having to bathe.
Bored with life in the pasture, Daisy the cow finds a job as a fire station mascot, but she must prove to the Chief that she's as good at the work as any Dalmatian.