This beloved author has done another simple yet effective story including her well-known characters Jerry Jake, Step Along -- the-Peddler-Man, and Snatch and Grab, the hound. Grandpappy suddenly gets a job away from home so it is up to Jerry Jake to help around the house. From the time he first reads aloud an important letter to his illiterate grandparents to his installation of the glorious glass plate window, he is indispensable.