It had been an amazing adventure: leaving his forest home and family-mother, father, and all those younger brothers and sisters-at the Brook. One of the tears slid down a whisker and fell with a gentle plip. As the world whizzed by, he sighed and brushed away a few tears. Ragweed, a golden mouse with dark orange fur, round ears, and a somewhat short tail, looked out through the open doorway of an empty boxcar. WITH MUCH RATTLING, banging, and squealing, the long freight train began to move. As for that annoying raccoon, he keeps getting in the way.įans of animal tales and especially of the beloved previous books in the Poppy series will love Ragweed and Poppy!
The story of Ragweed comes to Poppy's aid, and how Poppy comes to his, is how their rousing and fateful friendship begins. When he asks the mouse’s name, she replies, “Poppy.” Following the sound of the voice, he finds a cage with a deer mouse trapped inside. Ragweed is now ready to strike off on his own, but it’s not long before he hears a cry for help. Though Ragweed doesn’t really want to help the raccoon, by doing so he winds up in Dimwood Forest. On his journey, he meets Lotar, a young and bothersome raccoon who has lost his mother.
How did Ragweed and Poppy meet and become friends? This book tells their hilarious story! Adventurous golden mouse Ragweed is on a freight train leaving the city of Amperville. Ragweed and Poppy is one of the "10 Top Middle-Grade Summer Reads," according to Kirkus Reviews! The first new book about Poppy in more than ten years, from Newbery Medal-winning author Avi with illustrations throughout by Caldecott Medal-winning artist Brian Floca.
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