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A children's tale of dreams, sharing with nature, and accomplishment from
Choctaw storyteller Stella (Fichek)
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Sarah
wishes with all her heart that she could make beautiful music, but her voice
won't carry a tune. Determined to play her songs, Sarah sets out in search of a
way to make her dream come true.
On
her journey, she receives a special gift that will finally make her music real
... but how? Can her friends in the forest help her unlock the secret, or will
the music she dreams of stay trapped in her heart forever?
Stella Long's mountain path was one of beauty
as she walked alone at the age of six, talking with her friends, the creatures
of the wild in the Choctaw language. (Fichek
is her Choctaw name; Estella is the English name she likes best.) The mountain
was her playground. There were times when she'd forget to go home until the
night musicians, the insects, began tuning their instruments.
Stella
(Fichek) writes and tells children's
stories, getting her ideas from the animals and birds as she sits for hours in
the solitary quietness of the lakeside observing animal behavior. She weaves a
part of her life into these stories combined with Choctaw songs and sounds of
the flute.
Available in Trade Paperback
