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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.

I like the pictures because they are pretty and they have lots of detail. I like the story because many people have told it in different versions over the years. The story tells about how Mount Sasitna got its name. Mount Sasitna, also called "The Sleeping Lady" is located on Cook Inlet, near Anchorage, Alaska.

One of the things I did not like about the story was that lots of people died.

I think the book would be good for little kids because it has lots of pictures.