How Summer Came to Canada

by William Toye

Book Overview

When the giant Winter came down from the North to live in eastern Canada the land became frozen and white. Glooskap, mythical lord and creator of the Micmac Indians, saves his people from endless cold when he brings a beautiful Queen to his country. Her name is Summer and she persuades Winter to relax his icy grip every Spring while she awakens the land from its deep sleep and bestows life on everything that grows.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195402901
• ISBN13: 9780195402902
• Release Date: April 1988
• Publisher: Oxford University Press Canada
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 7.0" x 10.0"
• Age Range: 4 years and up
• Grade Range: Preschool and higher