The Impervious Forest

When their woodland home disappears, a scurry of eastern chipmunks must leave everything familiar behind and search for a new place to call home.

The eastern chipmunks of Woodlands, New Hampshire emerge from their burrows to discover that their familiar forest has been cleared and replaced by an impervious landscape. With food sources disappearing and winter torpor approaching, remaining where they are is no longer an option. Rain-Bow, Scamper, Teaberry, Birch, Ivy and the other chipmunks must leave the only home they have known and begin an uncertain journey toward Mt. Shaw. Along the way, they encounter unfamiliar surroundings, unexpected dangers and the challenges that come with adapting to a changing habitat. Working together, the scurry discovers that survival sometimes means adjusting to change, relying on one another and finding the courage to move forward. The Impervious Forest, Book 1 of The Woodland Series, is a family-friendly woodland adventure that introduces young readers to wildlife, habitat change and awareness for the natural world.

Riley the Amazing

An unlikely friendship between a chipmunk and a red squirrel becomes an adventure in courage, discovery and looking out for one another.

Riley, a young eastern chipmunk, is curious about the woodland world beyond his familiar home range. When he meets Red, a lively red squirrel with a very different way of doing things, an unexpected friendship begins. Together, Riley and Red explore the woodlands, encounter new challenges and discover that friendship can sometimes mean learning from someone very different from yourself. But when Riley encounters a discarded plastic bag, an everyday piece of human litter becomes a serious danger. With Red nearby, Riley must rely on determination, quick thinking and the lessons learned along the way. Riley the Amazing, Book 2 of The Woodland Series, is a family-friendly woodland adventure about friendship,

courage and the ways human actions can unexpectedly affect wildlife.

Loon Island

A lost duckling. An unexpected family. A woodland story about caring for one another while learning where you belong.

​​​​​​​When loons Leavitt and Lilly return to Loon Island on Leavitt Bay, they discover an abandoned mallard duckling struggling to survive. Unable to leave him on his own, the loons take the little duckling – Drake – into their care. Growing up alongside Leavitt and Lilly, Drake learns from his unusual family while discovering the differences between loons and mallard ducks. As he grows, those differences become increasingly important, and Drake must eventually begin finding his place among his own species. Through an unexpected relationship between two very different kinds of waterbirds, Drake’s story explores family, adaptation and the natural behaviors that help wildlife survive. Loon Island on Leavitt Bay, Book 3 of The Woodland Series, is a family-friendly nature story that encourages curiosity about loons, ducks and the importance of protecting the habitats wildlife depend upon.

An American Toad Tale

Two unusual young toads arrive in Polly’s Crossing, where their differences lead to an unexpected woodland adventure.

Deep in Polly’s Crossing lives Shy, a clever and kindhearted Bigfoot who quietly shares the forest with its woodland inhabitants.

Life changes when two unusual American toadlets, Freedom and Glorie, arrive. With their lime-green coloring and wire-like hairs, the young toads look very different from the other American toads they encounter. Their arrival soon brings them together with Shy and Digger, an eastern chipmunk known throughout the woodlands for his ability to

excavate.

As their adventure unfolds, Freedom and Glorie discover that being different does not prevent them from finding friendship or having an important place in the woodland community. Along the way, the animals also encounter the effects that changes to the environment can have on the places wildlife call home.

An American Toad Tale, Book 4 of The Woodland Series, is a family-friendly woodland adventure about differences, friendship, wildlife and awareness for the natural world.

Mt Shaw

The sound of chainsaws has returned to the woodlands. Could the Mt Shaw Scurry be displaced once again?

Spring has arrived in Woodlands, New Hampshire, but the familiar sound of the forest is interrupted by something troubling – the roar of chainsaws. For the Mt Shaw Scurry, the sound raises an unsettling question. After already experiencing the loss of a woodland home, could the eastern chipmunks be facing displacement once again? Rain-Bow and the Woodlands Home Range Council begin looking for answers, leading the animals on a journey through the woodlands and toward the summit of Mt. Shaw. Along the way, they encounter different habitats, new challenges and the importance of understanding what is happening beyond their own home range. Their journey also leads to Polly’s Crossing and Shy, the mysterious Bigfoot whose presence brings a touch of New Hampshire folklore to the woodland adventure. Mt Shaw, Book 5 of The Woodland Series, is a family-friendly story about wildlife habitat, adaptation, cooperation and the importance of understanding changes taking place in the natural world.

DROUGHT

A spring drought grips the woodlands of Mt. Shaw, and the animals must work together to find a solution before their water sources disappear.

A spring drought has settled over Woodlands, New Hampshire. With little winter snow and not enough spring rain, familiar water sources are disappearing and the animals of Mt. Shaw are beginning to feel the effects. The Woodlands Home Range Council must act. Riley, an eastern chipmunk, is chosen for an important assignment, and Digger – an expert excavator – is ready to help. Their search for answers takes them to the Riparian Forest, where they meet Alder the Elder and a family of beavers whose natural abilities may offer an unexpected solution. Chipmunks and beavers have very different skills, but solving the growing water problem will require cooperation. By observing the landscape, sharing what they know and putting their natural abilities to work, the animals discover what can happen when different members of the woodland community work toward a common goal. Drought, Book 6 of The Woodland Series, is a family-friendly woodland adventure that introduces young readers to drought, water, wildlife habitats and the remarkable ways animals adapt to changes in the natural world.

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