Lefty Louie is about a left-handed boy living in a right-handed world. The story tells how sometimes being left-handed means that you need to learn to use items such as scissors and can openers in a right-handed way. He finds out many things, even belts, are designed for right-handed people Louie is happy when his father takes him shopping for a left-handed baseball mitt and left-handed golf clubs. He is glad that he is left-handed, in fact, sometimes he finds it has its advantages. The story closes when a new girl named Lucy comes to his class. Louie doesn't really notice her until he realizes that she is also left-handed, and they become the best of friends. This book helps bring awareness to parents and to anyone involved with left-handed children of these small but important differences in their everyday lives. This understanding will help to make life a little easier for the left-handed child.