Life Lessons from the Bruchacs

How Chipmunk Got His Stripes By Joseph Bruchac and James Bruchac; illustrated by Jose Aruego and Ariane Dewey   I’m sure I’ve seen a chipmunk or two scurrying across the farm fields this spring, so when I saw this picture book, his look started to make perfect sense to me – in its literary back story.…

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Patience Is a Virtue!

Rabbit’s Snow Dance As told by James and Joseph Bruchac; illustrated by Jeff Newman   A picture book featuring a Native American based fable weaving folklore and interspersing it with the importance of virtues such as patience and I’m in. And so will your young readers be as they call to mind this book whenever…

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