This award winning book is full of stories that will keep the children enthralled! With illustrations full of people and animals it is a wonderful collection for any child. Each page is a new story of wonder, caring and helping. It has 32 pages and 16 original watercolor paintings and full-color illustrations 9 3/4" x 8 1/2" best for ages 6 and up.
The stories included in this collection are:
Black Bear Sleeping in a Tree
The Bears that Couldn't Hibernate
Bears Make Rock Soup
Bears Return the Lost Children
The Naming Ceremony
The Abandoned Yearling
Grandfather Moose
Forest of the Deer Spirits
Broken-Winged Dance of the Loon Clan Women
Sky Chief and His Children
Keepers of the Sky
Crows Cawed a Warning
Last Respects
Nest
There is also a small section in the back of the book on the animals depicted in the stories and information on the author and illustrator. This is another book that would be a great addition to all childrens book collections.
Children's Book Press (CBP) is a nonprofit publisher of multicultural and bilingual children's picture books. Don't forget to check out their Teaching and Learning page for highlights of work by LitLinks students, teachers, authors, and artists, as well as for teachers' guides and other resources for your own classroom.
Books are available in several categories including:
New for 2004/New in Paperback
Classroom/Library Sets
African American
Asian American
Latino/Chicano
Multicultural Anthologies
Native American
Other Native American books offered by Children's Book Press include:
Home to Medicine Mountain
A Man Called Raven
The People Shall Continue
This Land is My Land
What's the Most Beautiful Thing You Know About Horses?
Baby Rattlesnake
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