The famous northwest coast Indian myth, sometimes called "Raven Steals the Light" telling how Loon, Raven, and all the animals rallied to retrieve the daylight from behind its wall of ice after it was stolen by evil spirits. Amusingly retold for ages six to adult by the well-known Canadian poet and novelist.
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Anne Cameron was born in Nanaimo, BC. She began writing at an early age, starting with theatre scripts and screenplays. In 1979, her film Dreamspeaker, directed by Claude Jutra, won seven Canadian Film Awards, including best script. After being published as a novel, Dreamspeaker went on to win the Gibson Award for Literature. She has published more than 30 books, including the underground classic Daughters of Copper Woman, its sequel, Dzelarhons, novels, stories, poems and legends - for adults and children. Her most recent novels are Family Resemblances, Hardscratch Row, and a new, revised edition of Daughters of Copper Woman. She lives in Tahsis, BC
Tara Miller is a talented artist trained at The Emily Carr School of art in Vancouver.
Tara Miller is a talented artist trained at The Emily Carr School of art in Vancouver.
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This review is from: How the Loon Lost her Voice (Paperback)
It is my view that folktales - tales of such quality that people kept the story alive for centuries - are excellent literature for people of any age. Anne Cameron aims her retellings of Northwest Native tales at a young audience but all of us can enjoy all of them.In this tale, Spider Woman saves the earth from the birds of torment - Spider Woman uses a spider web and a tall tree to hold the earth in place - and to put most birds of torment into their proper place on the other side of the sky blanket. An aside - one bird of tormet not expelled is tooth-ache, the subject of the oldest known written tale (from Mesopatamea).
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There was a time when Loon was the most beautiful singer of all the birds on the island. Read the first page New!
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Front Cover | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
There was a time when Loon was the most beautiful singer of all the birds on the island. Read the first page New!
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Front Cover | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- How Raven Freed the Moon by Anne Cameron in Back Matter
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