Billy And Bobbie Beavers Trip To The Summertime

“Brrr,” said Billy to Bobbie as they gathered mushrooms, pine nuts and red berries. “It’s very cold out here this morning. I miss the summertime when the breeze was warm and the days were bright and there were places to explore along the pond and I could be as lazy as I wanted to be.” He explained. “Me too,” added sister Bobbie.

Just then, Frankie Fox, appeared as if from out of nowhere. “Hi kids,” he said through the foxiest smile that the Beaver kids had ever seen. “I have just come here to tell you that today is the opening day of my brand new travel agency. You can find it up the hill and around the bend. It’s called The Foxy Travel Agency. We at Foxy Travel are selling trips to The Summertime.” “Trips to The Summertime?” said Billy. “What’s that?” “Well, every year about this time all of the critters who live around this wetland community, especially the younger ones, get to thinking about how nice it would be to leave this cold climate behind them and travel to a warmer place. A place that I call The Summertime.

Artie Kaplan is a robust, friendly and fun loving guy. He is the kind of person that every little boy and girl would like to have as a real or imaginary friend. His songs and stories about real and imagined happenings leave children spellbound and delighted. Sometimes with a lesson learned, and sometimes "just for the fun of it". There is always an underlying message in his writing that subtly imparts universal values regarding children's relationships with other people and the world.