The Big Tree Gang (Orca Echoes) - Softcover

Reg and Keely are twins. Keely loves painting and bugs. Reg loves rocks. Keely sings crazy rhymes. Reg plays softball. Shawna and Burt are their friends. In this series of linked stories, the children's deep involvement with their daily activities never falters, from a bug walk, through incidents flying a kite and dividing labor at clean up time, to a chance to swim in the river on a hot summer's day.

"Hey," Keely said to her brother, Reg. "This is a good day for a bug walk!""What is it with you and bugs?" he asked. "Rocks are so much better."Keely got a serious look on her face and started to sing,Rocks are boring, rocks are dead.Reg has rocks in his head."Rocks don't do anything," she said with a sniff."That's why I like them," Reg said. "They don't fly away, they don't bite and they last a long time."Keely likes bugs and Reg likes rocks, but with their two friends Burt and Shawna, the twins find plenty in common to keep them busy.