With a series of engaging full color illustrations complemented by dynamic graphite sketches, Gloria the Chipmunk by author and poet Richard Tornello is a dynamite children's debut fantasy collection about a few furry forest folks. Three winsome, fast-paced, and cheeky fables in all, Tornello creates an imaginative, down to earth world that is filled with camaraderie, team spirit, and a few nut gatherers. One of them is Gloria, a plucky chipmunk who is the youngest of her wee rodent clan. Not known as the sharpest tool in the shed, there are many who mistake Gloria's quiet ways, but, in this...