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K-Gr 2—One summer, a bratty white rabbit longs to hop on snowbanks to reach high buds and leaves in the trees. He speeds through the forest, chanting the song he uses each winter to bring snow. Despite complaints by Chipmunk, Squirrel, Bear, Turtle, Beaver, and Moose, the frenzied song is soon accompanied by drum as Rabbit dances in a circle, "'EE-OOO!' Thump! Thump! 'EE-OOO!' Thump! Thump!...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Joseph Bruchac and his son James team up to retell a pourquoi tale that the elder Bruchac has included in two previous collections of Iroquois stories -- as “Rabbit and the Willow Tree” in Iroquois Stories: Heroes and Heroines, Monsters and Magic (Crossing Press, 1985) and as “Rabbit’s Snow Dance” in The Boy Who Lived with the Bears, and Other Iroquois Stories (HarperCollins, 1995). Unfortunately, there’s no note in this edition to cite th...Log In or Sign Up to Read More