Overview
The first hard rains have come to the Northwoods - and the woods wake up hungry.
Sam is back at Uncle Mike's for fall break, and everything smells different: wet needles, swollen river, a forest floor gone soft and secretive. Somewhere under the firs, the golden ones are pushing up through the moss - the chanterelles Jesse promised him a whole summer ago.
But mushroom season makes people loud. Strangers with white buckets are stripping the road edges, torn moss marks the places greed has already been, and an abandoned bag of mixed caps proves that grabbing is not the same as knowing. With Riley from the creek spur, the three friends learn to read the wet woods the careful way: ridges, not knives. Moss, not stumps. Yellow is not a password.
And when Uncle Mike finally says yes - one small pan, butter, patience - Sam learns the biggest lesson of the season: leave more than you take, and the golden ones stay a story instead of a memory.
After the First Rain is the sixth Northwoods Adventure in the Medicinal Mysteries series - a story of friendship, weather, and the wild, delicious, sometimes dangerous fungi that fruit when the rains return. Perfect for readers ages 8-12 who love nature, mystery, and real-world know-how.
Includes original illustrations for every chapter.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9798189005787
- ISBN-10: 9798189005787
- Publisher: Independently Published
- Publish Date: August 2026
- Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.17 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.27 pounds
- Page Count: 82
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