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Author:

Qitsualik-Tinsley, Rachel, 1953- author.

Title:

The raven and the loon / by Rachel and Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley ; illustrated by Kim Smith.

Publisher:

Inhabit Media Inc.,

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations ; 18 x 23 cm

Subject:

Raven (Legendary character)--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Birds--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Animals--Color--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Ravens--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Loons--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Inuit--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Tales--Arctic regions--Juvenile literature.

Other Authors:

Qitsualik-Tinsley, Sean, 1969- author.
Smith, Kim, 1986- illustrator.

Notes:

Short-listed for the CCBC Annual Best-of-the-Year List of Books for Children, 2014 (Canada)

Summary:

"In the time before animals were as they are today, Raven and Loon were both white. Their feathers had no colour at all. Raven spent his days swooping through the sky trying to fight off his incessant boredom, while Loon spent her days in her iglu working away on her sewing. One day, too bored to even fly, Raven visited Loon and suggested a sewing game that would give their feathers some much-needed colour. The results are not at all what the two birds expected...

ISBN:

1772272701
9781772272703

Locations:

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)