Traces a year of life on a small dairy farm in western Wisconsin where draft horses rather than modern machines do most of the farm work.

Highlights airplanes of the last 100 years and discusses the principles of flight, early aviation, the growth of modern airliners, and current design challenges.

Text and color photos describe two Midwest farm families--the Kornders, of German and Polish descent, and the Thaos, who are Hmong--and the work they do at home and at the farmer's market.

Introduces the history, culture, and beliefs of the Lakota Indians through a description of the lives of several children living on the Rosebud Sioux reservation in South Dakota.