Mary Ann Hoberman has adapted the well-known song based on the true story of the Great Chicago Fire, into a funny and compelling story about a barnyard fire. When Mrs O'Leary leaves her lantern in the barn, the cow kicks it over and starts a fire. But the blaze is put out in the end by ten heroic firefighters.

She would have some money if her wiggly tooth fell out, and then she could buy her father a birthday gift. But the tooth is stubborn.