When bear stole the chinook : a Siksika tale
Title
:
When bear stole the chinook : a Siksika tale
Personal Author EPSB
:
Harriet Peck, Taylor
Summary
:
Because the long, hard winter caused scarcity of firewood and food, a poor Indian boy and his animal friends journey to the lodge of the Great Bear to release the chinook.
Year Published
:
1997
Physical Description
:
[32] pages : colour illustrations ; 29 cm.
Note
:
"Best of the Best" book.
When Bear Stole the Chinook was adapted from The Bear Who Stole the Chinook: Tales from the Blackfoot. Siksika means "Black-footed People.
Reading Grade level
:
3.9.
Grade Interest level
:
K-3.
Program Information
:
Histories & Stories of Ways of Life in Canada; Stories, Histories & People of AB Gr. 4+
Subject
:
Siksika -- Folklore.
Chinook winds -- Folklore.
Indigenous peoples -- Folklore.
Folklore -- Great Plains.
Niitsitapi.
Summary
:
Because the long, hard winter caused scarcity of firewood and food, a poor Indian boy and his animal friends journey to the lodge of the Great Bear to release the chinook.
ISBN
:
9780374305895
9780374109479
Publisher
:
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1997.
©1997
| Library | Call Number | Type | Item Barcode | Status |
|---|
| Bisset | E TAY | Book | 30276000144154 | Picture Books |