It's 1947, and George has just graduated from high school in Maine. He wants to find a job that will be physically challenging and spiritually rewarding, and he's always admired the local loggers who put their heart and soul into their work. Unfortunately, there are no available jobs in Maine, so George accepts a position at a logging camp in Oregon, thousands of miles from home.

George enjoys the strenuous new job and realizes that by providing lumber, he is contributing to society, even if it's in a small way. He makes friends with Jacob, a fellow logger and amateur astronomer,...

This is a multipurpose book-four stories drawn from life show children having fun working with their parents or relatives, promoting family unity. Each story has its own list of definitions for words that may be unfamiliar and a list of questions to encourage discussions. At the end of the book is a craft project designed to prompt the reader to build a model of a milk wagon. The illustrations and paper on which the book is printed are chosen to allow the readers to copy and color the drawings in their own fashion.