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Maiden of the Mist: A Legend of Niagara Falls Hardcover – Picture Book, January 1, 2001


Canadian Children's Book Centre "Our Choice" Award 2002

Honour Title, Storytelling World Award 2002

Long ago, a Seneca tribe lived on the Niagara River, just upstream from a great waterfall. With plenty of fish and crops to feed them, life was good in their village. Then a sickness came to the people, and everything changed. As the situation
worsened and people died, Lelawala, the chief's daughter, came up with a plan to help. She would go to the thunder god, Hinu, and find out why he wouldn't help her people. But to do that, Lelawala would have to go to his home under the great falls, and never return.

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  1. Reading age
    4 - 9 years
  2. Print length
    32 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Grade level
    Preschool - 3
  5. Dimensions
    8.25 x 0.5 x 10 inches
  6. Publisher
    Fitzhenry & Whiteside Ltd
  7. Publication date
    January 1, 2001
  8. ISBN-10
    0773732977
  9. ISBN-13
    978-0773732971
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Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Gr 1-3-According to an author's note about this story's origins, Charles endows her retelling with the strong, compassionate heroine of the Iroquois version rather than the passive girl of European renditions. Lelawala's Seneca tribe, situated by the Niagara River, has been prosperous for as long as memory. When sickness strikes, Lelawala's mother, wife of the chief, is among its many victims. Thinking that Hinu, the thunder god, is angry with them, the people send canoes filled with offerings over the great falls to his cave behind them. But the sickness persists. When Lelawala overhears the tribal leaders pondering sacrificing one of their people to Hinu, she volunteers herself. The depictions of people are inexpert, but the author/illustrator excels in capturing the roiling, pounding water, especially as the girl is thrown from her canoe and carried down the falls. She learns that the great god is powerless to fight a horned snake poisoning the river, and by appearing to her father in a dream, she is able to coordinate the efforts of men and gods to save her people. The dying snake, wedged into the boulders of the waterfall, creates the horseshoe shape that we see today. Even as his people celebrate their victory, the chief misses his brave daughter. He listens for her voice in the roar of the water-and hears it. This satisfying, unique pourquoi tale is well worth adding to most collections.

Susan Weitz, Tompkins County Public Library, Ithaca, NY

Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

Product details

  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Fitzhenry & Whiteside Ltd
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 1, 2001
  • Edition ‏ : ‎ 1st
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 32 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0773732977
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0773732971
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12.8 ounces
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 4 - 9 years
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.25 x 0.5 x 10 inches
  • Grade level ‏ : ‎ Preschool - 3
  • Best Sellers Rank: #4,499,383 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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