The bear, the moose and the beaver are the best of friends, even though they often disagree. On a canoe trip, the trio's squabbling leads them into rough waters. Can they agree on a plan before it's too late?

Little Beaver would rather play with friends than build a proper dam, but finally he is ready to get it done.--

"Resourceful Beaver and his family work every day to build the perfect lodge in the pond, made of branches from the shore willow and silty mud from the streambed, in a book that introduces the engineering feat of dam-building and the life cycle of beaver families"--Provided by publisher.

Chip and Ben are beavers and best friends who love to play deep-sea divers, so when Catfish challenges them to a swimming race across the pond, they say yes, but it is a long way across their pond.

When Castor, a beaver, uses Rabbit and Bear's favorite trees to build a dam that will flood their valley, they help him see that there is more to life than progress.

"Today, Amik is expecting her beaver cousins for a special visit, and she can't wait to show them her home. But as the visitors arrive, Amik suddenly realizes that her little sister, Nishiime, has disappeared. Where could she have gone? As Amik shows her cousins some of her favorite haunts, the reader also learns how beavers help all the other animals in the forest: they cut down poplar trees so deer have easier access to the leaves, they create canals...