Despite being small and frail, Sadie Rose is strong in other ways. Her neighbors worry that she's not strong enough for life on the farm. But Sadie Rose proves that there are "all kinds of strong.".
Lionel, a Jewish boy growing up in a New York City tenement, draws pictures on every scrap of paper he can find, but he does not see any value in his efforts until his teacher takes him on a streetcar journey to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.