Written by Donna Klockars. 

If you have ever watched chipmunks you may have noticed that they are always busy. Chipmunks need to prepare for the winter. What do you think a chipmunk must do to be ready for a cold winter? Chipmunks have pouches made of stretchy skin. Can you imagine having pouches like a chipmunk? What would that look like?

Educator & Series Information
Busy Chipmunks is part of the Strong Readers: Set B series. Set B is a continuation of Set A. The mixture of fiction and non-fiction books, from levels 11 through 20, expands on frog, bear, eagle, and raven, considering their full lifecycles.

The Strong Readers are a guided/leveled reading series chock full of science, numeracy, social responsibility, language arts and oral language teachings. Strong Readers are rich with scaffolded text features and have beautiful illustrations and photographs. The entire series is interconnected and follows the cultural values of frog, bear, eagle and raven throughout.

Guided Reading Level: 17