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Book

How raven got his crooked nose : an Alaskan Dena'ina fable

Call Number

  • J 398.2 ATWA (CEN)

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Languages

Includes some Athabaskan words.

Publication Information

[Berkeley, California] : Alaska Northwest Books, [2018]

Physical Description

1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations, color map ; 27 cm

Audience

Structure indicator: 90 (high) Syntactic indicator: 70 (medium) Semantic indicator: 90 (high) Decoding indicator: 70 (medium) Lexile.

Summary

Chulyen, a trickster raven, loses his nose in an embarrassing incident, but vows to get it back. With the help of magic powers, Chulyen devises a caper to retrieve his missing nose, and learns an important lesson along the way. Part picture book, part graphic novel, this story is a modern retelling of a traditional Alaskan Dena'ina fable that kids of every age will love. -- From back cover.

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