We are so happy to be carrying our friend Joy Viola’s delightful new children’s book, Whichi the White Chipmunk! The picture book tells the story of Whichi a leucistic chipmunk that lived in Joy’s backyard at the edge of a forest in Wayland. In the book, Whichi encounters many other woodland creatures who all point out that he is different from the other chipmunks. Whichi doesn’t want to be different, but that all changes when he meets the wise, old black squirrel who tells him he’s not different – he’s special!

Whichi and his friend the black squirrel are both special! Only 1 in every 20,000 – 30,000 chipmunks is white and only 1 in every 10,000 – 20,000 squirrels are black.

Joy took the photos of Whichi and the other woodland creatures featured in her book. If you know of a child or children that might like to meet them and hear their story, come on in and check out this charming new book!