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The Girl Who Dreamed Only Geese
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The Girl Who Dreamed Only Geese (1997) (edit title/settings)

And Other Tales of the Far North

by Howard Norman (Author) (edit contributors)

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Based on decades of research and extended collaboration with Inuit storytellers, award-winning author Howard Norman’s masterful retellings of ten Inuit tales invite readers on a unique story--journey from Siberia and Alaska to the Canadian Arctic and Greenland. Dramatic illustrations inspired... read more

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Puffins attack a hunter who then must have his son hunt the puffins.
Noah and his ark appear and refuse to share mammoth meet with a tribe.
A rude visitor tries to replace a shape-shifting shaman, whose walrus friends torment.
A stubborn man gets his comeuppance with the appearance... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

Puffins attack a hunter who then must have his son hunt the puffins.
Noah and his ark appear and refuse to share mammoth meet with a tribe.
A rude visitor tries to replace a shape-shifting shaman, whose walrus friends torment.
A stubborn man gets his comeuppance with the appearance of strange children.
An orphan boy learns the secret of a wolverine who steals the sun and moon.
A girl holds her own against an unlikable suitor who kidnaps her young cousins.
A seagull becomes a woman, but her husband must fend off the uncles who return for her.
An orphaned boy is adopted by giants.
A blind boy assists his mad lightening-struck aunt, even as she is changed into a narwhal.
A girl takes on the task of dreaming of geese for prey, but her family must protect her against a jealous shaman.

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IN A VILLAGE along the North Atlantic coast lived a man named Hid-Well.

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THE DAY PUFFING NETTED HID-WELL
NOAH HUNTS A WOOLLY MAMMOTH
WHY THE RUDE VISITOR WAS FLUNG BY WALRUS
UTERITSOQ AND THE DUCKBILL DOLLS
THE WOLVERINE'S SECRET
THE GIRL WHO WATCHED IN THE NIGHTTIME
THE MAN WHO MARRIED A SEAGULL
HOME AMONG THE GIANTS
HOW THE NARWHAL GOT ITS TUSK
THE GIRL WHO DREAMED ONLY GEESE

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  1. Howard Norman (Author)

Other Contributors:

  1. Leo Dillon (Illustrator)
  2. Diane Dillon (Illustrator)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Harcourt Brace
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1997
ISBN: 0-15-230979-9
Page Count: 146

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