Raven Brings Back the Sun (Tales of Honor)

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In the far north of Canada, daylight disappears for much of the year. This Inuit legend describes how the First People of Canada explained the sun’s return to their remote lands.

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Pages:

Intermediate (6 to 9)

Language:

English

Red Chair Press

Suzanne Barchers, Angela Oliynyk

Categories:

Animals & Creatures, Dance, Educational, Embracing Diversity, Environment, Religion

Features:

Illustrations

Keywords:

raven, inuit, legend, canada, sun, darkness, folklore, light.

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tales honorTM of Raven Back the Brings Sun A T A L E F R O M C A N A D A Retold by Suzanne I Barchers Illustrated by Angela Oliynyk Raven Back the Brings Sun A T A L E F R O M C A N A D A Retold by Suzanne I Barchers Illustrated by Angela Oliynyk Please visit our website at wwwredchairpresscom Find a free catalog of all our highquality products for young readers For a free activity page for this story go to wwwredchairpresscom and look for Free Activities Raven Brings Back the Sun Publishers CatalogingInPublication Data Prepared by The Donohue Group Inc Barchers Suzanne I illustrated by Angela Oliynyk Raven brings back the sun a tale from Canada retold by Suzanne I Barchers pages illustrations cm Tales of honor Summary In the far north of Canada daylight disappears for much of the year This Inuit legend describes how the First Peoples of Canada explained the suns return to their remote lands Interest age level Issued also as an ebook ISBN library binding ISBN paperback SunJuvenile fiction RavensJuvenile fiction NightJuvenile fiction FolkloreCanada SunFiction RavensFiction NightFiction Folklore Canada I Oliynyk Angela II Title III Series Barchers Suzanne Tales of honor PZ81B37 Ra Copyright Red Chair Press LLC Tales of Honor is a trademark of Red Chair Press All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced stored in an information or retrieval system or transmitted in any form by any means electronic mechanical including photocopying recording or otherwise without the prior written permission from the Publisher For permissions contact inforedchairpresscom This series first published by Red Chair Press LLC PO Box South Egremont MA Printed in the United States of America WZ1114 In the land of the midnight sun the days of summer can be long and warm But in the winter the cold nights linger To the dismay of the people who lived when the Earth was young the time of day and light suddenly ended The suns light disappeared and the days remained dark The only light whether day or night came from the distant stars In a village near the big water the people begged the shamans to bring back the sun and the moon The shamans fashioned many charms and intoned many chants But the darkness persisted A young orphan boy who lived in the village often sat near the assembly house He had few friends for many people thought he was foolish Some people even treated him poorly Each day the boy watched the shamans recreate the same charms and repeat the same chants Each day the sun and moon stayed hidden One day the boy spoke to the shamans Your charms and chants are not working The shamans ignored the boy After all he was hardly worthy of their notice Besides they were occupied with their charms and chants The boy spoke again Your charms and chants are not working Dont bother us said a shaman Dont you see that we are busy Our people are counting on us to bring back the light It will take more than charms and chants to bring back the sun and the moon the boy observed Well if you think you know so much why dont you bring back the light a shaman grumbled Alright I will declared the boy The shamans became angry at the orphan boys boast and drove him away

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