Circle round is throwing a party and you are invited. Our third picture book, The Great Ball Game,

debuts this fall. And on November 12th, we're throwing a launch party at WBUR's City's

Base in Boston to celebrate. Find more details and get your in-person or virtual tickets

at wbUR.org slash Circle round.

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Have you over felt jealous? Maybe you looked around and thought, oh, if only I could have

that kid's cool shoes. Or I wish I could do math problems as fast as my friend does. It's

natural to feel jealous sometimes. But we're about to meet a character who feels so jealous.

He cooks up a hair-brained scheme to get what she wants.

I'm Rebecca Sheer and welcome to Circle round where story time happens all the time.

Today, our story is called the most fabulous fur of all. It was inspired by tales told

among the Cherokee, indigenous peoples from the southeastern United States.

Some really great people came together to bring you our story, including Koryanka Kiltcher,

whom you grown-ups might recognize from Yellowstone, and you kids might recognize from Dora and

the lost city of gold. So, Circle round everyone, for the most fabulous fur of all.

In times long past, when the world was new, the great spirit created the birds and the animals.

The great spirit gave all the birds different feathers and all the animals different fur.

But it wasn't long before the animals began to bicker about which one of them had the

best fur of all. Among those quarreling critters was bear.

My fur is so glossy, so shiny, you can practically see your reflection in it.

And, Mink, well, my fur is softer than snow, or a cloud, or a snow cloud, and skunk.

What's black and white and gorgeous all over me, that's what, and rabbit.

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