October 2008 ~ Book of the Month

The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush
by Tomie DePaola

Character Trait  = Respect

From www.Amazon.com 

From Publishers Weekly
According to PW , this tale of Little Gopher's artistic dreams is "related with deceptive simplicity by dePaola; he enhances the plainness of the story with his primitive illustrations and . . . finds inspiration in the colors of the sunset."