Puppies and Pet Crows

Book excerpt: Eleven-year-old Louie lives on a farm with his parents and seven brothers and sisters. Life on the farm is tough. There's always plenty of work to do. But it's also a lot of fun. Puppies and Pet Crows is a collection of farm stories filled with adventure, humor, and history that will delight both children and adults. Louie and his family raise some peculiar pets, work together to complete their chores, go sledding during snowy Michigan winters, and even turn their farm into a golf course using nothing but tin cans, tennis balls, and tree branches. Louie also learns some hard lessons. But even through harsh winters and farm accidents, Louie and his family find out how special it is to live on a farm that provides everything they need. In Puppies and Pet Crows, Lou Hooker offers a fascinating glimpse at farm life in Michigan during the 1940s. In a time long before video games, TV, and shopping malls, Louie and his family discover that all the entertainment they need is each other.