Vanita Oelschlager

Mike Blanc

When Matthew's Air Force mother is deployed overseas, his grandfather tells about when his own father (and the author's), Wilfred Bauknight, was sent to the Philippines at the end of World War II and shares drawings his father sent home.

Postcards from a War

Presents a poem inspired by Danish explorer Knud Rasmussen's visits with the Inuit people of the Arctic Circle.

From the Ancient Oral Tradition of the Inuit

Magic Words

The Arctic region of North America is a land of long days, icy cold, hardy people and peculiar creatures. The Inuit people there have made traditional use of remarkable folk tales to find truth and explain the mysteries of an astonishing world. In Fish-Boy: An Inuit Folk Tale, Vanita Oelschlager retells a tale passed down by a wise old Inuit. It's an origin story involving a little magic and a very odd boy with a large heart for friendship. On a journey with his new father, he must confront misfortune and the malice of cold hearted villagers. But he has a way...and a lesson for all in the virtues of kindness and hospitality. Here then, is high praise for the tale-tellers: for the richness, diversity and creativity they send from the top of the world- and so, also Fish Boy, An Inuit Folk Tale, retold here and lavishly illustrated for a new generation. After all, that is how ancient folk tales and truth live on in the telling.

An Inuit Folk Tale

Fish-boy

America's 1930s agricultural nightmare, the Dust Bowl, sets the stage for overwhelming drought, hardship and sacrifice for Oklahoma farmers. Throughout the decade, family pets and the hopeful resolve of hardworking parents lighten a young girl's hear

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