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32 pp.
| Houghton |
March, 1999 |
TradeISBN 0-395-90512-5$$15.00
(3)
K-3
Illustrated by
Andrea Arroyo.
Arroyo's simple, striking illustrations fit well with this moving story about a young girl who braves a snowstorm to get medicinal herbs when the villagers become ill. She loses her moccasins and leaves bloody footprints on the path, which that spring is lined with flowers that come to be known as the moccasin flower, or lady slipper. The text, which is sprinkled with Ojibwe words, is spare but effective. Source note included. Bib.