How the Robin Got Its Red Breast: A Legend of the Sechelt People

by Sechelt Nation

Other authorsCharlie Craigan (Illustrator)
Paperback, 1993

Status

Available

Call number

JP CRA

Call number

JP CRA

Description

These traditional teaching legends come straight from the oral traditions of the Sechelt Nation. Simple enough to be understood by young children, yet compelling enough for adults, they are gentle, beautifully presented cautionary tales. You'll want to read them again and again - and you'll learn a few words of the Shishalh language while you're at it. Charlie Craigan is a young Sechelt artist who works in a tiny studio set up in his bedroom. He studied traditional wood carving with Sechelt Nation carvers, but learned to draw and paint by studying books.

Publication

Nightwood Editions (1993), Edition: Unabridged, 40 pages

Original language

English

Language

User reviews

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This legend is about a grey robin who helped his people when they ran out of fire. His reward for helping was a chest as red as the flames he saved. It is a legend about why robins have red chests.

ISBN

0889711585 / 9780889711587
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