A story that begins with an adventure any ten-year-old would love—moving from town to country, as the Freed family did, right in their own little house, trundled along the road on rollers. And as soon as they were there, Little Joe, India Rose and Pearlie May began to learn to take care of the animals on their farm.

When school started, they went by bus, and little Joe—who was a good deal like Big Joe, his father—bravely solved several problems about getting on with their schoolmates and making friends. Then it's ladycake. (One of the nicest things in the story is the delightful and surprising meaning of the word ladycake!)

This is a charming family story, truly heart-warming in its understanding of the ways in which white and Negro neighbors may enjoy and help each other in our modern world. A distinguished writer for children has given herself to a question which has long been close to her heart—the need for friendship between races. Every page of her story is warm and kind and happy. It will please not only the children, for whom it was written, but many parents, libraries and teachers who are alive to the problem it solves, and from whom Miss Hunt received encouragement to undertake such a book.

From the dust jacket