Two Old Women reviewed by Jennie McLean.The reviewers have given permission to share the book reviews on the HAIL website. The book reviews are written by the students and are a reflection of their own analysis of the books and have not been altered in any way. The book reviews are a result of students enrolling in special topics course Ed 493 Examining Alaska Children's Literature taught by Esther A. It is a wonderful book to incorporateinto the Social Studies/Geography when teaching Alaska Studies forour students to grasp a better understanding of the Southeast andNorth Pacific Northwest Region. The artwork is brilliant and doesemphasize the richness of the Haida, Tlinget, and other Natives ofthe Pacific Northwest region. A few of my students have written abook report after reading the story and they really enjoyed readingit and the book's illustrations. My students have read this book alongwith "Storm Boy" for our Literacy Reading program, after studying aunit on legends around the world. This is a 3.8 reading level and is used for the AcceleratorReading Program at our school. She told them what happened andshe told them that they are their sisters and brothers and that weshould treat them so. Soon as she released them it began torain, her people returned by canoe.
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Suddenly she was back at the lake, saw black smoke, it was thevolcano, she quickly ran back to the village, found the frogs and ranback to the lake to free them.
The frog took her to hisplace, at the edge of the lake, where it lifted up! At once she foundherself in a large empty village, a young woman told her, "we live asyou do." The little girl asks, "where are your people?" and the younggirl says that's why my grandmother wishes to ask her why all herchildren were taken and no longer has their songs to comfort her."The little girl told her of the two boys, grandmother cries, the firegrew hotter, the house shook, and quickly the young girl told her togo back to her village by closing her eyes and thinking. After they left she went closerto try and find a frog but suddenly heard human voice which happensto be coming from a small frog in the grass. The character is a little daughter of a chief of a small villagewho often went alone to a lake to listen to frog's sing their songs.But one day she heard no songs and only heard human voices, whohappen to be two boys hunting them. Aportion of the proceeds from this book is donated to the Haida GwaiiRediscovery Program for tribal youth, just as "Storm Boy." This bookis well done with the text created for children to enjoy reading andthe art work is brilliantly portrayed with bright colors depictingthe culture and actions of the story. "Frog Girl" reflects Joseph Campbell's three rites of passage:separation, initiation, and return just as was in "Storm Boy". He shares the "Hero"adventures found in all their mythologies, "a hero ventures forthfrom the world of common day into a region of supernatural wonder:fabulous forces are there encountered and a decisive victory is won:the hero comes back from this mysterious adventure with the power tobestow boons on his fellow man." Towards the back of this book, he shares in his notes, all thehistorical information of the Haida, Tlinget, and other Nativepeoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast of America's rich culturalinformation of traditional oral stories. "Frog Girl", another interesting book published by Paul OwenLewis, whom also completed "Grasper, Storm Boy, Davey's Dream,P.Bear's New Year's Party." This book was published in 1997 withspecial thanks to Bill Holm, Chris Landon a Native cultural advisor,Michelle Roehm, Alisha Hagerty, and Marisa Morales, for their helpwith the text and art, and also to the Northwest Coast people fortheir culture that inspired it." This book is for Michelle,G>C>B.
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