Book 1

Zucchini

by Barbara Dana

Published 1 October 1982
A painfully shy young boy befriends a homeless baby ferret and gets as much comfort as he gives.

Book 2

Zucchini Out West

by Barbara Dana

Published 19 June 1997
Ten-year-old Billy suspects that his pet ferret Zucchini may be a black-footed ferret, one of the rarest mammals in the world, and takes him on a trip through the West to meet the handful of black-footed ferrets known to exist.