Whale Snow

Illustrated by Annie Patterson
Paperback
$8.99 US
8.5"W x 11"H x 0.13"D  
On sale Jul 01, 2004 | 32 Pages | 978-1-57091-394-5
| Preschool - 3
Reading Level: Lexile 600L | Fountas & Pinnell M
Amiqqaq is excited when his family catches a bowhead whale. As his family prepares to celebrate the traditional Iñupiaq whaling feast, Amiqqaq learns about the spirit-of-the-whale.
Debby Dahl Edwardson lives on the shore of the Arctic Ocean in Barrow, Alaska, the northernmost point of land on the North American continent. Debby has published everything from poetry to newspaper features. She is the author of MY NAME IS NOT EASY, which was a National Book Award finalist. Her interest in writing for children grew from a desire to see more books which accurately reflect and celebrate the rich cultural heritage of the Iñupiat people, the heritage of her own children.

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Amiqqaq is excited when his family catches a bowhead whale. As his family prepares to celebrate the traditional Iñupiaq whaling feast, Amiqqaq learns about the spirit-of-the-whale.

Author

Debby Dahl Edwardson lives on the shore of the Arctic Ocean in Barrow, Alaska, the northernmost point of land on the North American continent. Debby has published everything from poetry to newspaper features. She is the author of MY NAME IS NOT EASY, which was a National Book Award finalist. Her interest in writing for children grew from a desire to see more books which accurately reflect and celebrate the rich cultural heritage of the Iñupiat people, the heritage of her own children.

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