Charlie the Beaver wants to be a tramp when he grows up. Tramps don t have to learn how to chop down trees and how to roll logs and how to build dams. Tramps just tramp around and have a good time. Tramps carry sticks with little bundles tied to them. They sleep in a field when the weather is nice, and when it rains they sleep in a barn. Charlie sets off with his bundle. But when he hears water trickling, he can t get to sleep. Will he be able to resist the urge to make it stop? As Grandfather Beaver says, You never know when a tramp will turn out to be a beaver.
Winner of the Boys Club of America Junior Book Award, 1968"