In this tale, the ever-wily, ever-hungry Raven visits the generous Snipe family, in the hope of getting lots of free food. When she gets a bit too greedy, however, she finds out the Snipes have a few tricks of their own.
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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
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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.This story is similar to Raven Goes Berrypicking - also retold by Anne Cameron. Raven the trickster overdoes his free meals as "guest" of the snipe family. They "teach him a lesson" if one can ever say a foolish trickster learns a lesson. Rather than leave an image of Raven as a fool, I would suggest that you also read of his heroics in either Raven returns the Water or How Raven freed the Moon. Both sides of Raven need to be heard to understand his place in the culture.
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- How Raven Freed the Moon by Anne Cameron in Back Matter
- Spider Woman by Anne Cameron in Back Matter
- How the Loon Lost her Voice by Anne Cameron in Back Matter
- Kick the Can by Anne Cameron in Back Matter
- Raven Returns the Water by Anne Cameron in Back Matter
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