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Stories From Where We Live – The Great LakesEdited by Sara St. Antoine
Imagine yourself an astronaut circling the earth, few North American features stand out more clearly than the Great Lakes---Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario. They are full of magic and generations of stories that have brought the Great Lakes region stories which lie at a fascinating cross roads. These stories bring the leafy words of New England to meet the prairie plains of the Midwest presenting today’s farmers the experience of meeting the echoes of Ojibwe explorers. Collecting Iroquois legends, fishing tales, and city lore;. “Stories from Where We Live—The Great Lakes” features a range of storytellers, poets, and skilled artists who capture the hunting and the dangers and invigorations of northern winters, by capturing the features of this deeply rich regions traditions, landscapes, and wildlife, as you visit the Great Lakes through this books collection of stories, essays, and poems that personally brings to life the wonderful experiences as traveled by those that came before us with an desire to broaden their horizons via a journey west into the unknown. Milkweed Editions Reviewed by Karen Devine |
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This wonderful
addition to the Stories from Where We Live series, is a beautifully
illustrated book providing its readers young and old with opportunities to
explore the portages of northern Minnesota (maybe with a visit to some
bears), hear the power of Niagara Falls, track cardinals in the Ohio snow,
wade in Lake Superior on Wisconsin’s shores, and taste the cherry preserves
and great northern pike for which Michigan is so well known for. This book
is a map of stories that will excite and inspire kid and families to see and
appreciate the vast array of habitats and wealth of literature that makes up
this wonderful part of our regional United States.