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Ragweed parent’s guide: what’s inside
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Ragweed is a lighthearted adventure story about a young mouse exploring the city and making friends, with themes of courage, independence, and standing up to bullies. The conflict with cats and F.E.A.R. involves mild peril and tension but no graphic harm; the tone remains playful throughout. The book celebrates diversity, friendship, and finding your place in the world, making it well-suited for early-to-mid elementary readers.
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The first book in the beloved Poppy series. A mouse has to do what a mouse has to do. Ragweed is determined to see the world. He leaves his family and cozy country home and sets off by train for the big city. What wonders await him: music, excitement, new friends...and cunning, carnivorous cats! Silversides is th... The first book in the beloved Poppy series. A mouse has to do what a mouse has to do. Ragweed is determined to see the world. He leaves his family and cozy country home and sets off by train for the big city. What wonders await him: music, excitement, new friends...and cunning, carnivorous cats! Silversides is the purring president of F.E.A.R. (Felines Enraged About Rodents), a group dedicated to keeping cats on top, people in the middle, and mice on the bottom. Can Ragweed and his motley yet musical crew of city nice—Clutch, Dipstick, Lugnut, and Blinker—band together to fight their feline foe?
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- Cats
- City and town life
- Fiction
- Mice
- Juvenile fiction
- Children's fiction
- Cats, fiction
- Mice, fiction
- Dimwood Forest (Imaginary place)
- Forest animals
- Character driven
- Strong Character Development
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ISBN 9780380801671 · HarperTrophy