Illustrated entirely with black-and-white shadow puppets, this tale recounts the enchantment of an Inuit maiden who is transformed into a white caribou and then back into a woman. When Elizabeth Cleaver discovered this old Inuit tale, she thought how well it was suited to shadow puppets since the shadow theatre is ideal for showing dreams, visions, and magical happenings like a human turning into an animal. She decided to retell the story and to create shadow puppets to illustrate each episode. This engaging book is the ...
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Illustrated entirely with black-and-white shadow puppets, this tale recounts the enchantment of an Inuit maiden who is transformed into a white caribou and then back into a woman. When Elizabeth Cleaver discovered this old Inuit tale, she thought how well it was suited to shadow puppets since the shadow theatre is ideal for showing dreams, visions, and magical happenings like a human turning into an animal. She decided to retell the story and to create shadow puppets to illustrate each episode. This engaging book is the result In addition to a charming story and striking illustrations, the book includes instructions for making a shadow-puppet theatre to animate this and other stories.
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Oblong octavo, black cloth (hardcover), approx. 29 pp. Illustrations. Near Fine. Stamped ÒReview CopyÓ on half title page. Price and ISBN No. pasted on. Dust jacket-near fine.
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Reader copy. USED ACCEPTABLE Former Hardcover Library book with dust jacket in Mylar cover. It has normal library markings including card holder/reference sticker and library call number on spine. Dust jacket is in Mylar covering and in Acceptable condition with some tears. Front and back cover of dust jacket is worn with some peeling, wrinkling, creases and edge wear. Some folded/wrinkled pages. Has school and/or library name blacked out with marker on page edges, cover and/or inside of book and with white black out stickers. Has Library tape reinforcing inside front and back covers and some inside pages.
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Near Fine. Dust Jacket Included. Book ISBN: 0-689-31170-2. NOT ex-library. Eskimo-inspired story. Shadowpatterns at back uncut. Printed in Hong Kong. author's b/w "shadow" picts. near fine, nf dj, silver-stamped oblong black bds. Giftable! 32 pgs.
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. Atheneum, 1985. 1st printing. Unmarked copy showing some light handling. First American Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Oblong 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall.
