You've danced in circles next to me You now know things aren't as they seem. Beloved children's author David Bouchard has teamed up with emerging writer Shelly Willier to create a heart-warming tale in his newest book, The Drum Calls Softly. A boy provides a look at life on the prairies of North America and describes the effects of the climate on the people in the heartland of the continent.
In the follow-up to the bestseller, If You're Not from the Prairie, award-winning author David Bouchard has teamed up with well-known artist Peter Shostak to once again explore in verse and image the prairie experience that is so cherished in the memories of countless North Americans. Both in text and image, Prairie Born focuses on the passing of the seasons and their effect on the people and the landscape. To help her arrange her paper cut-outs of the animals in the Chinese zodiac in the proper order, a young girl's grandmother tells her the story of the race in which each animal secured its place.
A poem describes the thoughts and feelings of a quadriplegic man and is illustrated by the man who inspired it. Frightened into sleeplessness by the noisy celebration of the Chinese New Year, a young girl takes comfort in her grandmother's soothing story of a dragon, a mother's sorrow, and Buddha. In A Barnyard Bestiary David Bouchard focuses his poetic insight on domestic animals - some rare, some extinct, and some still quite common.
The thread that binds these animals together is the way their relationship with man has deteriorated with the passage of time. Through the voices of such familiar beasts as the Highland Cow, the Buffalo and the Ostrich, and exotics like the Blonde Mangalitza Pig and the Onagadori Chicken, he questions the wisdom of our deliberate neglect of these once-prized beasts whose usefulness belongs to another era.
History meets myth in this inspiring tale of friendship, loyalty, and transformation, as Qu Yuan, celebrated poet-in-exile of ancient China, and a sea dragon in the guise of a mermaid develop a curious friendship.
After a small boy is adopted by monks at a Buddhist temple, he spends his time tending the temple gardens and discovering the nature of enlightenment. When Etienne takes his cousin out to play street hockey for the first time, he has a lot of explaining to do. Street hockey is nothing like ice hockey. Everyone has to wear a No. Etienne's cousin comes away with a talisman and a story worth passing on.
Renowned Cree painter Allen Sapp's inspired and stunning artwork beautifully complements this sweet story of a young First Nations boy preparing for his first pow-wow. The young boy's Nokum - his beloved grandmother - guides him through the exciting day and watches over him as events unfold.
This is a one-of-a-kind fairy. No gauzy dresses or flowing tresses for her. No delicate wand with a sparkly tip. She rides a Harley and brandishes a wand of leather. Her hair flies behind her in long braids. Her job is to look after the magical need of the children on the street.
And no child needs to worry when she is around Right now the trouble lies with Victoria and her loose tooth. These are the voices of Seven Deceivers who are spoken of by name. The allure of their whisperings is carefully spelled out in order that all might come to know what to listen for.
Dreamcatcher and the Seven Deceivers is a carefully woven telling of how and why Creator sent Trickster to Turtle Island with a gift that would help us see the light and resist temptation. At a time before distant religions and churches came with their teachings, their commandments and their seven cardinal sins, we knew. We knew the way of the Good Red Road. We knew the right way to live; not through commandments but through Sacred Teachings — Teachings that were given to us long before their arrival.
And we knew we would be tested by Seven Deceivers — what they called seven cardinal sins. We knew because we had been forewarned. And when these distant churches arrived with their teachings, their relics and their symbols, we had our own. One was the Dreamcatcher. Rooted in humility and honesty, the creators have tried to respect the cultures and traditions of all peoples.
It is our hope that this telling will unite and thus heal divisions. We, readers and authors alike, are the ones we have been waiting for. There is nobody else who can revitalize our culture and values except ourselves. Il y a dans l'air une magie, une paix. Additional Information pages 9. Award-winning poet David Bouchard offers words that remind the reader of the power of the wind, the sweep of the sky, and adventures on a cold prairie night.
Henry Ripplinger's stunning paintings are treasures for the mind and the heart. Reviews "If you're from the prairie or not it doesn't matter: this evocative book will take your breath away. David Bouchard has created a series of verses about life on the prairie that are simple, lyrical and exquisite. Henry Ripplinger's brush matches the cadence of the poetry stroke for stroke. This is a book that is hard to put down and easy to return to.
Is it an adult book masquerading as a children's book? It is the author's and illustrator's loving look back to their home, but it transcends age and time and place. A child will be drawn in by the poetry's ingenious metaphors and the pictures' panoramic rural scenes.
The prairie landscape is realistically painted with a magical glow that distance in time allows the painter. An adult will hear the nostalgic echoes of childhood. Adult or child--one's eyes will be lost in the expanse of the prairie and one's ears will reverberate with the melodic rhymes. Album couleurs couverture rigide avec jaquette. An additional softcover book in Ojibwe with a language learning guide is included inside the hardcover book.
This book offers a spiritual way of looking at all living things on earth as being connected through Mother Nature. Additional Information 32 pages couleur avec CD couverture rigide sous jaquette. This book is available in English: We Learn from the Sun.
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