Lazy Boy / COPY 2

by Anne Cameron

Other authorsNelle Olsen (Illustrator)
Paper Book, 1988

Status

Available

Call number

398.2 C28424 1988 C.2

Call number

398.2 C28424 1988 C.2

Description

A traditional northwest coast legend for ages six to adult, told simply and gently be one of BC's best-loved writers. ". . . should be added to any collection of materials concerned with native peoples." -Canadian Materials

Publication

Madeira Park, B.C. : Harbour Pub. Co., 1988.

User reviews

LibraryThing member mcalcagno
I have had this book since my children't lit class I took at Linfield College. I re-read it for this class.
LibraryThing member LoriOrtega
Fiction: Picture Book
Cameron, Anne Lazy Boy. Illust. by Nelle Olsen. Harbour, 1988. 25p. Intermediate.
A baby boy is found on the beach by the Northwestern villagers. He eats and eats until he is twice the size of a grown man. All he does is sleep and eat. The people call him Lazy Boy a gift but he
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is from Orca and when trouble in the form of a tidal wave threatens-he saves them all. This is a narrative tale with black and white pen and ink style illustrations accompanying a descriptive, thoughtful story. Theme is generosity.
AK: Orca, Northwestern village life
Activity: Ask children if they have ever seen an orca. If so, where was it and what did it look like?
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ISBN

0920080634 / 9780920080634

Barcode

97809200806342
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