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32 pp.
| Fifth House
| May, 2016
|
TradeISBN 978-1-89725-263-5$19.95 New ed. (2002, HarperCollins)
(2)
K-3
Illustrated by
Julie Flett.
Brothers Joe and Cody, with their family, spend summers camping on Manitoba's hundreds of lakes. The boys' favorite pets are dragonflies, which they fly like magic kites on thread--only to find them again in their dreams. Highway's bilingual English/Cree text (cleanly incorporated into the elegant page design) has a graceful simplicity, and Flett's new illustrations enhance it with quiet colors and textures.
Reviewer: Deirdre F. Baker
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
November, 2016
32 pp.
| Fifth House
| January, 2011
|
TradeISBN 978-1-897252-65-9$19.95
(3)
K-3
Illustrated by
Brian Deines.
Brothers Joe and Cody, their parents, and pet dog Ootsie, along with the family's eight-husky sled-dog team, go ice fishing. When the dogs spy a fox, they take off after it--dragging Mama and Joe along. The book, with its bilingual format (English text followed by Cree translation), cream-colored paper, and richly textured paintings, is handsome and useful.