I Am Birch

• Author(s): Scott Kelley,
• Publisher: Islandport Press
• Pages: 32
• ISBN_10: 1944762396
  ISBN_13: 9781944762391
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Juvenile Fiction / Animals / General , Juvenile Fiction / People & Places / United States / Native American , Juvenile Fiction / Science & Nature / General ,

Description:... A birch tree is an unlikely champion and protector of the forest in this story inspired by Gluskap, the heroic and kind-hearted figure of Wabanaki legends. As rumors of coming cold and darkness spread through the woods, chaos and fear grow. In a panic to collect and store food, the animals do damage to their very homes. The birch, now only a stump, remains firmly rooted and, with the wisdom and dry humor that only a stump can possess, helps the animals put their fears to rest.

Acclaimed fine art painter Scott Kelley used his portraits of Wabanaki tribal elders as a springboard for the extraordinary paintings that make this a children's book like no other.