There once was a man who worked in a windowless mushroom farm. People called him the mushroom man. Feeling very lonely, he sets out to find a friend and ultimately does, in a netherworld warmly illuminated by Barry Moser's appropriately shadowy, but sensitive illustrations. Full color.

Ethel Pochocki discovered her passion for books and writing during her years working at the New York City Public Library. Moving her eight children to a farm in Brooks, Maine, she pounded out her fresh, quirky, unforgettable children's stories on a manual typewriter. Ethel died in 2010.