Zucchini (novel)
 Zucchini is a 1982 children's novel by Barbara Dana and illustrated by Eileen Christelow. The story concerns a young New York boy Billy and his pet ferret Zucchini. The book contains a number of incorrect basic facts about ferrets such as claiming that they are herbivorous rodents.[citation needed]The book won the 1986 Maud Hart Lovelace Award and the 1986–1987 Land of Enchantment Children's Book Award. It was followed by a sequel Zucchini Out West.