The Raven's Gift: A True Story from Greenland

by Kelly Dupre

Book Overview

Home to the musk oxen, narwhal, polar bear, and raven, Greenland--the earth's largest island--seems to hold the magic and mystery of the far north. What would it be like to visit there? To kayak along... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0618011714
• ISBN13: 9780618011711
• Release Date: August 2001
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 10.6" x 7.9"
• Age Range: 4 to 7 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 2

Customer Reviews

A very simple story...

Lonnie Dupre grew up dreaming about the Artic and its people. As an adult, with a friend, he goes on a 3,200 mile journey around Greenland. Its cold and dark and lonely. Both men sometimes wonder if it is all worth it. Yet right when Lonnie feels like it's just too hard he is visited by a Raven. The Raven is a tough bird and one from myth and legend. It gives him a stone which seems to remind him of why he was doing all this to begin with. His dreams. The story is very short and the artwork is very simple, great for a young child interested in the Raven or the Artic, but not very detailed.