Poppy And Rye
The very last chapter of Poppy, begins with this line:
Almost thirteen full moons to the night since Mr. Ocax killed Ragweed, Poppy and her husband, Rye (how they met and married is another story) stood on Bannock Hill with their litter of eleven young mice.
In other words even when I first wrote Poppy I knew there was another story to tell. I just did not know what it was. As is often the case with me, the only way I would ever learn it was by writing it. And so I did. Now there is a sequel to Poppy which is called Poppy & Rye. Here you'll meet Poppy again, as well as Ereth the porcupine, in all his grouchy glory. There are many new characters too, like the cheerfully destructive beaver, Mr. Canad.
It's an adventure, it's a romance, it's a story about families. And yes, it's a love story too, though as Ereth says; "Love! Nothing but slug splat stew and toad jam. Phooey!"