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K-3
Illustrated by
Marty Husted.
"Firefly, guide my way to sleep / in the forest, green and deep." In this poem inspired by lines from Longfellow's The Song of Hiawatha, singsongy verse tells of a young Chippewa girl who meets and befriends forest and bog animals on her way to her village--and her bedtime. The text and sometimes awkwardly rendered watercolors convey the girl's respect for nature.