From award-winning author Richard T. Morris and bestselling illustrator LeUyen Pham comes a cheerful and action-packed adventure about the importance of friendship and community.

Once there was a river flowing through a forest. The river didn't know it was capable of adventures until a big bear came along. But adventures aren't any fun by yourself, and so enters Froggy, Turtles, Beaver, Racoons, and Duck.

These very different animals take off downstream, but they didn't know they needed one another until thankfully, the river came along.

This hilarious picture book and heartfelt message celebrates the joy and fun that's in store when you embark together on a ride of a lifetime.

This book has been graded for interest at 4-8 years.

There are 40 pages in this book. This book was published 2019 by Little, Brown & Company .

Newbery Award-winning author Jerry Spinelli's sweet lyrical text and New York Times bestselling illustrator LeUyen Pham's charming illustrations show the timeless love between a mother and her children. Richard T. Morris is the author of This Is a Moose and Bye-Bye, Baby! and a former E. B. White Award Honoree and Midwest Bookseller Choice Award winner. He lives in New Jersey with his family.