February 2005 - Book of the Month

Hunter’s Best Friend at School
 by Laura Malone Elliott

Character Trait  = Responsibility

What do you do when your best friend acts up in school and wants you to do the same? That’s the dilemma faced by Hunter, a sensitive raccoon, when his friend, Stripe, a mischievous raccoon, does everything in school from annoying kids to destroying his work. Not wanting to lose his friend, Hunter joins in the mischievous acts and soon both are in trouble with the teacher. Distraught over his situation, Hunter finds the answer to his problem from his understanding mother.