Dreamstones
- Publisher
- Fitzhenry and Whiteside
- Initial publish date
- May 2000
- Category
- General, Native Canadian
- Recommended Age
- 4 to 8
- Recommended Grade
- p to 3
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780773761414
- Publish Date
- May 2000
- List Price
- $9.95
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Description
"Those are markers to lead you home," the captain told his son. "People here call them Inukshuks. They say some are as old as time."
David wondered at the lichen-covered stones stacked in human shapes, but there were so many wonders in this strange land that he gave them little thought.
Then one night, when winter had gone on forever and no one had seen the sun for so very long, a sharp, quick barking woke David. He turned in his bed and looked out of the port. There, at the edge of the shore, two foxes stood in the moonlight. David climbed down the gangplank and ran across the frozen bay. The animals turned and scampered away. David followed, the foxes dancing just out of reach. At last he stopped. Behind him, the ship was gone. Ahead, the foxes melted into the night. David was alone.
About the authors
Maxine Trottier is a prolific writer of books for young people. Born in Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan on May 3, 1950, she moved to Windsor, Ontario in Canada with her family ten years later. In 1974 she became a Canadian citizen. She is a graduate of the University of Western Ontario.Maxine spent 31 years working as an educator in elementary classrooms, guiding children toward literacy. The students in her class, who of course thought of her only as their teacher, saw each step in the creation of a new work. They heard the unillustrated story, saw the roughs, and were the first to view the finished book.Maxine lives with her husband William and their two Yorkies, Ceilidh and Moon. They divide their year between Port Stanley, Ontario on Lake Erie, and Newman s Cove, Newfoundland, overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. Both are wonderful places to write.
Editorial Reviews
In simple but poetic language Maxine Trottier evokes the atmosphere of the Northern night, where the ordinary sense of time is altered, and human merges into the landscape.
- Quill and Quire
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