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Loading... Stickeen: John Muir and the Brave Little Dog (original 1998; edition 1998)by John Muir (Author)
Work InformationStickeen: John Muir and the Brave Little Dog by Donnell Rubay (Author) (1998)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Fabulous story and good illustrations. ( ) This edition, retold by Donell Rubay and illustrated by Christopher Canyon, was thrilling and beautiful and heartwarming and heartwrenching. A picture book for ages 4-12, published in 1998, sometimes shelved in non-fiction because the original story is indeed an episode from the life of Muir. Thorough author's note. Non-Fiction: Picture Book Muir, John Stickeen: John Muir and the Brave Little Dog. Illust. by Christopher Canyon. Dawn Publications, 1998. Unp. Intermediate-Adult Heartwarming true story of Stickeen, a brave dog who went on glacier exploration adventure with John Muir in Glacier Bay in the 1880’s and courageously overcame the dangerous situation they found themselves in. Simplified and retold for children using much of Muir’s original first person descriptive wording. Theme is friendship. Beautiful, impressionistic paintings accompany text. AK: Glacier, Glacier Bay, SE Alaska Activities: Ask children if they have ever been up close to a glacier? What was it like? no reviews | add a review
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True story of a brave dog who accompanied John Muir on an exploration of glacial areas in Alaska. No library descriptions found. |
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