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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 398.2089970795
EAN num: 9780152024499
ISBN number: 0152024492
Label: Voyager Books
Manufacturer: Voyager Books
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 32
Printing Date: September 01, 2001
Publishing house: Voyager Books
Age index: Baby-Preschool
Sale Popularity Level: 41636
Studio: Voyager Books
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Raven, the trickster, wants to give people the gift of light. But can he find out where Sky Chief keeps it? And if he does, will he be able to escape without being discovered? His dream seems impossible, but if anyone can find a way to bring light to the world, wise and clever Raven can!
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I think I am becoming addicted to the wild world of McDermott's trickster tales, and this one well deserves its Caldecott Honor.
This one comes from the Pacific Northwest and traditionally explains the origin of the sun, via the heroic crow.
It's a great Native America story, with all the spirit that it deserves as well as McDermott's gorgeous illustrations.
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It is a ritual in our household every winter solstice to read this story to our children. I love this telling of how Raven stole the sun and gave it to the people of earth. And the illustrations are so beautiful.
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A classic Native American tale with brightly colored pictures.I have searched for this book for several years to replace an old worn copy.
I was very excited to find it through Amazon.
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Raven the trickser wants to give people the gift of light.
Raven gives light but you have to read the book to find out what else happens.
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I get antsy when Native American themes and stories appear in children's books. Too often they reek of cultural misappropriation.
But this beautiful book--gorgeous watercolour backgrounds to the Northwest Native American-style imagery--feels respectful, and does a great telling of a favorite Tlingit Haida tale of how light came into the world.
The illustration of the morphing of the Sky Chief's spoiled grandson back into Raven is particularly effective.And when Raven fills the sky with the sun in his beak, it's very easy to buy into this story as a valid creation myth.
I've now bought three copies of this book for various pre-schoolers I know, and all my grown-up friensd who've seen this book have fallen in love with it, too. This is a definite winner, bound to become as classic in its own way as Robert McCloskey's ``Blueberries for Sal.''
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