A gentle rhino, a clever raccoon
Rico & Rumi
A 10-book series for children ages 2–9. Every friend brings a new way to see and enjoy the world.
Rico & Rumi, Grown-ups, and the Authors
A note for grown-ups and the authors
These books are for bedtime and classroom story time. They give children language for friendship, differences, memory, and looking at the world from a new height. Teachers and parents can start with Volume 1 and keep going, one friend at a time. See /teachers-&-parents and /about-the-authors.
From Christopher and Ronda: Christopher Miller and his wife, Ronda Roscoe, write The Adventures of Rico & Rumi for the children in their family and for yours. Ronda leads Golden Hearth Tales LLC and helps shape the stories and the pictures. Their hope is simple: that a child who listens will leave the jungle a little more ready to notice what a friend can do.
Childrens jungle books - Rico the Rhino & Rumi
Welcome to The Adventures of Rico & Rumi
Rico the Rhino
is strong, gentle, and a little lonely. Rumi the Raccoon is quick, clever, and always curious. When their paths cross, they find something families know in their bones: friendship grows when differences have room to work.
Every friend brings a new way to see and enjoy the world.
This is a 10-book series for children ages 2-9, written for the grown-ups who choose the story and the children who listen. Read at bedtime. Share at story time. Talk about it on the walk to the car.
Ten jungle adventures. Two unlikely friends. A new companion in each book, and a new way of seeing.
Christopher Miller and Ronda Roscoe created The Adventures of Rico & Rumi so parents and teachers would have stories that are fun to read aloud and worth talking about after. Rico and Rumi are different from each other. That is not the problem in these books. That is the gift.
Volume 1, Rico the Rhino and Rumi the Raccoon: An Unlikely Friendship, begins with Differences and Friendship: they realize what makes them different makes them stronger together. Then the circle grows. Each friend brings a skill, and a new way to see and enjoy the world.
Golden Hearth Tales LLC is the home of the series. The stories are for ages 2-9. Warm to read aloud. Easy to talk about after. Just a jungle, two friends, and the next good companion.
This is the official site for The Adventures of Rico & Rumi childrens books by Christopher Miller and Ronda Roscoe (Golden Hearth Tales LLC). Book series only - not a craft supply store.
The Ten Friends
Rico the Rhino and Rumi the Raccoon Volume 1
Rico the Rhino and Rumi the Raccoon Volume 1
Rico the Rhino and Rumi the Raccoon Volume 1
Skill: Differences and Friendship.
Ellie the Elephant Volume 2
Rico the Rhino and Rumi the Raccoon Volume 1
Rico the Rhino and Rumi the Raccoon Volume 1
Skill: Memory and Wisdom.
Leo the Leopard Volume 3
Rico the Rhino and Rumi the Raccoon Volume 1
Tori the Tortoise Volume 4
Skill: Speed and Stealth.
Tori the Tortoise Volume 4
Zara the Zebra Volume 5
Tori the Tortoise Volume 4
Skill: Patience and Endurance.
Zara the Zebra Volume 5
Zara the Zebra Volume 5
Zara the Zebra Volume 5
Skill: Camouflage & Adaptability.
Milo the Monkey Volume 6
Zara the Zebra Volume 5
Zara the Zebra Volume 5
Skill: Creativity & Problem Solving.
Gina the Giraffe Volume 7
Gina the Giraffe Volume 7
Gina the Giraffe Volume 7
Skill: Perspective and Height.
Kiko the Kangaroo Volume 8
Gina the Giraffe Volume 7
Gina the Giraffe Volume 7
Skill: Jumping and Strength.
Polly the Parrot Volume 9
Gina the Giraffe Volume 7
Polly the Parrot Volume 9
Skill: Communication & Language.
Sammy the Snake Volume 10
Sammy the Snake Volume 10
Polly the Parrot Volume 9
Skill: Flexibility and Agility.
Each book is one friend and one new way of seeing.