Brian Floca

Two friends like to share everything, but when they find a toad and argue over how to share it they eventually leave it in its own environment.

After a long, hard winter in Dimwood forest, Poppy the deer mouse finds new adventure thrust upon her while rescuing Ereth the porcupine from the mud.

Ethan leaves his lunch on the picnic table. A squirrel, a bird, and some ants eat his lunch. When Ethan returns his lunch is all gone.

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It is the summer of 1869, and trains, crews, and families are traveling together, riding America's brand new transcontinental railroad. The pages come alive with the details of the trip and the sounds, speed, and strength of the mighty locomotives; the work that keeps them moving; and the thrill of travel from plains to mountain to ocean. Come hear the hiss of the steam, feel the heat of the engine, watch the landscape race by. Come ride the rails,...