Raven: A Trickster Tale from the Pacific Northwest (Caldecott Honor Book) - Hardcover

McDermott, Gerald

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0152656618 ISBN 13: 9780152656614

Publisher: Harcourt Childrens Books, 1993

Synopsis

Raven, a native American trickster, must figure out a way to steal the light from the house of the Sky Chief where it is hidden and bring it to the world. By the author of Zomo the Rabbit.

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Review:

"Mr. McDermott is not only a picture-book artist of the first rank, but also one of our most gifted retellers of myth and folk tale."-The New York Times Book Review

star "Amusing and well-conceived."--"School Library Journal "(starred review)
star "Elegant...masterfully executed."--"Publishers Weekly" (starred review)
"Mr. McDermott is not only a picture-book artist of the first rank, but also one of our most gifted retellers of myth and folk tale."--"The New York Times Book Review"
star Amusing and well-conceived. "School Library Journal "(starred review)
star Elegant...masterfully executed. "Publishers Weekly" (starred review)
Mr. McDermott is not only a picture-book artist of the first rank, but also one of our most gifted retellers of myth and folk tale. "The New York Times Book Review"
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star "Amusing and well-conceived."--School Library Journal (starred review)
star "Elegant...masterfully executed."--Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"Mr. McDermott is not only a picture-book artist of the first rank, but also one of our most gifted retellers of myth and folk tale."--The New York Times Book Review

About the Author:

GERALD MCDERMOTT (1941-2012) was an internationally acclaimed author-illustrator of books for children. A graduate of Pratt Institute in New York City and a lifelong artist, he began his career as an animated filmmaker before moving into the creation of children's books based on storytelling traditions from around the world. He was awarded the Caldecott Medal and two Caldecott Honors; his extensive and influential body of work includes six popular picture books focusing on the trickster motif. Devoted to oral tradition and the transformative power of mythology, he was the first Fellow of the Joseph Campbell Foundation and served as a consultant on mythology in education. www.geraldmcdermott.com

About this edition

• Publisher: Harcourt Childrens Books
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0152656618
• ISBN 13: 9780152656614
• Binding: Hardcover