Eddie learns how to use different kinds of tools while helping his new neighbor, Tom, around the house, and receives a special surprise as a reward for all his hard work.
Teaches readers about the objects and rooms found in homes in the past, describes how those things are different in the early twenty-first century, and asks how they might change in the future.
Offers advice in food preservation, recipes, gardening, beekeeping, raising livestock, soap making, and other farm and household activities for living well and living simply.