How Chipmunk Got His Stripes
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Bear brags that he can do anything-even stop the sun from rising. Brown Squirrel doesn’t believe him, so the two wait all night to see if the sun will rise. Sure enough, the sky reddens and the sun appears. Brown Squirrel is so happy to be right that he teases Bear. What happens when a little brown squirrel teases a big black bear? Brown Squirrel gets stripes and is called chipmunk from that day forward . . . Joseph and James Bruchac join forces to create this buoyant picture book, based on a Native American folktale. Illustrated by Jose Aruego and Ariane Dewey.
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As a writer and storyteller, Joseph Bruchac often draws on his Native American (Abenaki) ancestry. Joseph is the author of over 130 books for young readers and adults including Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two. He lives in New York.
Jose Aruego was a lawyer before becoming a children’s book illustrator. . A native of the Philippines, he moved to New York City in 1956 to study at Parsons School of Design. His cartoons were published in the New Yorker and the Saturday Evening Post, and his illustrations can be seen in Five Little Ducks by Raffi, as well as in the 82 children’s books he wrote himself. He died in 2012.
Ariane Dewey, with her illustrating partner Jose Aruego, has illustrated over 60 children’s books. Originally from Chicago, she now lives in New York City. Her art can be seen in Five Little Ducks by Raffi.
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Book Details
- ISBN
- 9780142500217
- Publication Date
- April 14, 2003
- Publisher
- Puffin Books
- Page Count
- 32
- Audience
- Picture
- Reading Age
- 4 - 7 years
- WorldCat Number (OCLC)
- 52210666
- Lexile® Level
- 520L
- Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
- ~N
- Est. ATOS® Book Level
- ~3.4
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