This does not have a story to follow. It's a description of the people of Appalachia. It's beautifully writtn and illustrated, but I wanted more. One warning, though, when we were done my daughter, 8, said, "I don't get it." I think the lack of any plot was kind of confusing, and the people were more or less like us. The hills, the creeks, the dirt road are all familiar to her. The only thing in the story she found odd was the mention of outhouses.