Why Rabbits Run in Circles

Why Rabbits Run in Circles is the second volume in a series of "animal stories" called The Grandfather and Grandmother Bear Stories. These tales honor and emulate the Native American oral tradition, and are at their best when read aloud by an adult...though children can certainly read them by themselves. In Why Rabbits Run in Circles, children are introduced to Rabbit son and his competitive twin sister, Rabbit daughter, who are both repeatedly tricked into getting lost in the woods by another animal child in their village. Grandfatherand Grandmother Bear seek a long term solution to the recurrent problem, and Chief Eagle finds himself attempting to look after the elderly bears, in a story that addresses the importance of community on several levels and introduces readers to the Native American tradition of the "Four Directions."