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Characters victorious, but book far from uplifting

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Born With A Tooth Stories

By Joseph Boyden

Cormorant Books Inc., Toronto

284 pages

$21.95 (sc)

Joseph Boyden didn't grow up on a reserve in Northern Ontario, but most of the characters contained in his book Born With a Tooth Stories did.

The book is a collection of short stories, most of which take place on reserves in the north, and most of which are narrated by First Nations characters.

Pictures a hit in book

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The Sleeping Lady

Retold by Ann Dixon

Alaska Northwest Books

The book The Sleeping Lady is about a man and a woman who are in love. But the man had to go to war and the woman promised to wait for him. So she slept on the hill until he returned. It is a Native story that is good for kids. It is a long book, but it is a good book. There are lots of pretty pictures. The pictures are by Elizabeth Johns and the story was written by Ann Dixon.

Pictures a hit in book

Page 18

The Sleeping Lady

Retold by Ann Dixon

Alaska Northwest Books

The book The Sleeping Lady is about a man and a woman who are in love. But the man had to go to war and the woman promised to wait for him. So she slept on the hill until he returned. It is a Native story that is good for kids. It is a long book, but it is a good book. There are lots of pretty pictures. The pictures are by Elizabeth Johns and the story was written by Ann Dixon.

Pictures a hit in book

Page 18

The Sleeping Lady

Retold by Ann Dixon

Alaska Northwest Books

The book The Sleeping Lady is about a man and a woman who are in love. But the man had to go to war and the woman promised to wait for him. So she slept on the hill until he returned. It is a Native story that is good for kids. It is a long book, but it is a good book. There are lots of pretty pictures. The pictures are by Elizabeth Johns and the story was written by Ann Dixon.

Pictures a hit in book

Page 18

The Sleeping Lady

Retold by Ann Dixon

Alaska Northwest Books

The book The Sleeping Lady is about a man and a woman who are in love. But the man had to go to war and the woman promised to wait for him. So she slept on the hill until he returned. It is a Native story that is good for kids. It is a long book, but it is a good book. There are lots of pretty pictures. The pictures are by Elizabeth Johns and the story was written by Ann Dixon.

First for kids from Highway

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Cree author Tomson Highway was in Toronto on Sept. 29 to launch his new children's book, Caribou Song. This is Highway's first installment in a trilogy entitled Songs of the North Wind. This hardcover book is beautifully illustrated by Brian Deines and is Highway's first children's book. He is best known for his play the Rez Sisters and his novel Kiss of the Fur Queen.

Caribou Song is the story of two brothers, Joe and Cody, who live in northern Manitoba with their mama, papa and their dog Ootsie. Joe plays the accordion, (kitoochigan) and Cody loves to dance.

First for kids from Highway

Page 18

Cree author Tomson Highway was in Toronto on Sept. 29 to launch his new children's book, Caribou Song. This is Highway's first installment in a trilogy entitled Songs of the North Wind. This hardcover book is beautifully illustrated by Brian Deines and is Highway's first children's book. He is best known for his play the Rez Sisters and his novel Kiss of the Fur Queen.

Caribou Song is the story of two brothers, Joe and Cody, who live in northern Manitoba with their mama, papa and their dog Ootsie. Joe plays the accordion, (kitoochigan) and Cody loves to dance.

First for kids from Highway

Page 18

Cree author Tomson Highway was in Toronto on Sept. 29 to launch his new children's book, Caribou Song. This is Highway's first installment in a trilogy entitled Songs of the North Wind. This hardcover book is beautifully illustrated by Brian Deines and is Highway's first children's book. He is best known for his play the Rez Sisters and his novel Kiss of the Fur Queen.

Caribou Song is the story of two brothers, Joe and Cody, who live in northern Manitoba with their mama, papa and their dog Ootsie. Joe plays the accordion, (kitoochigan) and Cody loves to dance.

First for kids from Highway

Page 18

Cree author Tomson Highway was in Toronto on Sept. 29 to launch his new children's book, Caribou Song. This is Highway's first installment in a trilogy entitled Songs of the North Wind. This hardcover book is beautifully illustrated by Brian Deines and is Highway's first children's book. He is best known for his play the Rez Sisters and his novel Kiss of the Fur Queen.

Caribou Song is the story of two brothers, Joe and Cody, who live in northern Manitoba with their mama, papa and their dog Ootsie. Joe plays the accordion, (kitoochigan) and Cody loves to dance.

No wannabe pretentions in new Brody work

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The Other Side of Eden-

Hunters, Farmers and the Shaping of the World

By Hugh Brody

Douglas & McIntyre

374 pages

$35.00 (hc)

The Other Side of Eden-Hunters, Farmers and the Shaping of the World may be unique among stories set in the High Arctic.

Hugh Brody, a writer, anthropologist, university teacher and filmmaker, has produced a book that the publishers describe as "part memoir, part adventure story, part intellectual voyage."

That is accurate-it is all of these things.