Berry Magic
by Teri Sloat
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Long ago, the only berries on the tundra were hard, tasteless, little crowberries. When Anana sings, she turns four dolls into little girls who run and tumble over the tundra creating patches of fat, juicy berries: blueberries, cranberries, salmonberries, and raspberries.Tags
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The book was confusing for me so i read it twice. I really enjoyed the book and the pictures were amazingly drawn. I love the spirit the main character had over the fall berries and how she believed in the berry magic. It was an amazing book.
I liked this story. It was a linear tale reminiscent of European-American fairy tales but entranced me because it was Eskimo. I enjoyed another culture's mythic tale. I would use this story in either public library or elementary school to portray how each culture came up with fairy tales, and they are different than the typical ones that we are very familar with like Cinderella.
Anana watches the women of her village complain about the crowberries they are picking for the Fall Festival. Anana devises a plan to please the women.
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Teri Sloat grew up in Salem, in the Willamette Valley where berry crops are grown. As a child, as soon as school was out for the summer, Sloat went to work in the fields. Her and her friends picked berries from 5am until 4pm. Sloat had planned on teaching art in high school. She met her husband in college and before they began teaching high show more school, they were given a chance to move to rural Alaska and teach elementary school in a small Yup'ik village at the mouth of the Yukon River. They lived and taught for 12 years on the Kuskokwim and Yukon Rivers in Yup'ik villages. Sloat has been publishing books for children since 1989. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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