{"product_id":"chukfi-rabbits-big-bad-bellyache-a-trickster-tale-9781935955276","title":"Chukfi Rabbit's Big, Bad Bellyache: A Trickster Tale","description":"\u003cp\u003eChukfi is a trickster worthy of the name, and this fresh, funny tale makes an excellent addition to the genre. (starred reivew, \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed to \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews'\u003c\/i\u003e Best Books of 2014\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSilly kids, tricks are for rabbits  Chukfi Rabbit, that is. The laziest--and hungriest--trickster rabbit there is \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeep in Choctaw Country, Chukfi Rabbit is always figuring out some way to avoid work at all costs. When Bear, Turtle, Fox, and Beaver agree on an everybody-work-together day to build Ms. Possum a new house, Chukfi Rabbit says he's too busy to help. Until he hears there will be a feast to eat after the work is done: cornbread biscuits, grape dumplings, tanchi labona (a delicious Choctaw corn stew), and best of all, fresh, homemade butter  So while everyone else helps build the house, Chukfi helps himself to all that yummy butter  The furry fiend  But this greedy trickster will soon learn that being this lazy is hard work  A classic trickster tale in the Choctaw tradition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGreg Rodgers\u003c\/b\u003e is a storyteller and writer. He is a member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma and tells stories in schools, libraries, festivals, and tribal events throughout the country. He is currently completing a PhD at the University of Illinois, Urbana.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLeslie Stall Widener\u003c\/b\u003e lives in north Texas in a one-hundred-year old farmhouse with her husband, also an illustrator. When she was a child, she explored every inch of her grandparents' Oklahoma farm, an allotment her grandmother received for her Choctaw ancestry. Leslie's latest book, a collaboration with her sister, is an illustrated history of fashion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cinco Puntos Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/24\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781935955276\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 32\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.80h x 8.30w x 0.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/28\/2014 pg. 137\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2014 pg. 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2014 pg. 74\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e167336 \/ Chukfi Rabbit's Big, Bad Bellyache: A Trickster Tale\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.3 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Lower Grade \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.5\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Greg Rodgers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45111903748277,"sku":"9781935955276","price":10.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_daf1849c-b990-4b42-883a-820d00f6c4cb.jpg?v=1739887517","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/chukfi-rabbits-big-bad-bellyache-a-trickster-tale-9781935955276","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}