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Rabbit and the Bears

* Nominated *
2005 Oklahoma Book Award for Illustration & Design
* AWARDS *
2005 Oklahoma Book Award - Directors' Choice for Series
2005 Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers - Duvall named Children's Writer of the Year

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Hardcover - 32 Pages
Retail - $15.00 USD

Story by Deborah L. Duvall
Drawings by Murv Jacob

Publisher: University of New Mexico Press ©2004

Excerpt:

Rabbit, whose name is Ji-Stu, lay beneath a hickory tree and yawned as yellow leaves twirled down around him.

Most of the other forest creatures were busy storing up food for the winter months. Ji-Stu cared nothing for such work, but the weather was nice that day, and he wished for something interesting to do. He yawned again and dozed off for a moment. Then he heard someone call his name ....

— Synopsis —

Ji-Stu the Rabbit doesn't spend the beautiful autumn days gathering food for the winter like some of the animals. Instead he decides to travel with his friend Yona the Bear to Mullberry Place, the high mountain homeland of the Bears. He has heard Yona tell stories of the dancing and celebrations. Let someone else gather food! He will go to the mountains with Yona!

On the way to the mountains the two friends encounter a hunter. Soon Ji-Stu witnesses the magic powers of Lake Ata-Gahi, which can heal the wounds of animals, but is invisible to humans. As he sings and dances with the bears, Ji-Stu learns the magic of friendship as well as the magic of the lake.

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