Forest Friends

Updated and improved! Forest Friends is a series of early reader chapter books. The latest and fifth book in the series introduces the Otter Family. Ollie and Owen Otter are twin brothers and live in their burrow along the river with their mom, dad, and little sister. The Otter Family loves being in the water and the boys certainly spend most of their days swimming up and down the river. On one end of the river is the pond sitting in forest and the other end of the forest is the furthest point the boys will swim. That's where the bridge is that leads to town where all the humans live. The boys know they can't go any further than that bridge. But they also know they can find all kinds of cool things left by the humans. Swimming down the river to the pond, the boys are usually able to find things that have made it all the way down the river. One day they find a really stinky thing. They don't know what it is, but they make the journey back up the river to ask their mom and dad about this stinky thing. And as usual, the boys seem to get into another mishap when they run into their little sister right on the riverbank's edge.While adventures are always on the boys' activity list, they also make sure to helps their friends when they are in need. One night, a terrible storm rolls through the forest. It leaves a mess all over the forest. Can Ollie and Owen help all their friends clean up? How many adventures will Ollie and Owen find? Can they make it one day without any mishaps?Throughout the Forest Friends series, readers learn about being a good friend to others, they learn about helping each other and sharing with each other, and they learn about working together. These feel good stories encourages friendship through the lives of familiar forest animals and helps kids learn about their habitats, daily habits, and it teaches kids about courage and trying new things. The Forest Friends series encourages learning through humor and intrigue and leaves the reader laughing and wanting more.