This picture book shares a grandmother's Cherokee story to a young girl about a terrapin and possum who eat persimmons. A wolf comes along eating the persimmons, but ends up choking on a large one. The terrapin uses the wolves ears to eat kanahena, a type of cornmeal mush eaten by the Cherokee. Word spreads among the wolves about terrapin's new eating utensils. They come to put an end to terrapin, but he tricks them. The tale ends with several versions of terrapin's eventual fate, presenting an opportunity for the young child to decide which he thinks happened. Cute story with illustrations that will appeal to some and not to others but which convey the Cherokee theme well. ( )