Raven & Snipe

by Anne Cameron

Book Overview

In this tale, the ever-wily, ever-hungry Raven visits the generous Snipe family, in the hope of getting lots of free food. When she gets a bit too greedy, however, she finds out the Snipes have a few tricks of their own.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1550170376
• ISBN13: 9781550170375
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Harbour Publishing
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.8" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 4 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 4

Customer Reviews

Ignore the catalogue's age level advice

It is my view that folktales - tales of such quality that people kept the story alive for centuries - are excellent literature for people of any age. Anne Cameron aims her retellings of Northwest Native tales at a young audience but all of us can enjoy all of them.This story is similar to Raven Goes Berrypicking - also retold by Anne Cameron. Raven the trickster overdoes his free meals as "guest" of the snipe family. They "teach him a lesson" if one can ever say a foolish trickster learns a lesson.Rather than leave an image of Raven as a fool, I would suggest that you also read of his heroics in either Raven returns the Water or How Raven freed the Moon. Both sides of Raven need to be heard to understand his place in the culture.