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Cargando... Kumak's Fish: A Tale of the Far North (2004)por Michael Bania
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. Kumak is an Eskimo that lives in the Artic. For years, his family would set out to go fishing together. However, due to his grandfather’s old age, he is no longer able to use his legs. He passes on his hook stick to Kumak for his fishing adventure. There is an epic battle for the fish, and the whole village jumps in to help Kumak. Kumak falls into the icy water but still they hold on. When the village pulls Kumak out of the water there is a line of fish holding on to each other just like Kamuk and his village. Kamuk wins and the entire village in the Artic is able to feast. In this historical setting, the reader emerges into the Artic culture in the NANA region and learns about the tribal way of fishing. This book highlights one of the tales told in celebration of Inupiaq Day, the day when Kumak fed the whole village by fishing with his grandfather's lucky hook stick. This tall tale is comical and far-fetched. Kumak uses a special fish hook and catches a fish so large the entire village has to hold on to the line to keep Kumak from falling in. What a surprise to find that the big fish is actually a long line of fish, each holding on to the other to keep the first one from getting caught! This is a humorous tall tale about an Inuit family that goes ice fishing together. Kumak, the father of the family, has borrowed his uncle's lucky hooking stick, and he snags something so big that he can't pull it in by himself. Soon, the whole village forms a chain to help reel up the enormous fish, which turns out to be a huge chain of fish all holding on to one another. This book honors the Inupiaq values of cooperation, sharing, and humor, and ends happily. A great tall tale to showcase these positive values, as well as aspects of traditional Inuit culture. Humorous illustrations, also by the author, enhance the text. Recommended for ages 4-8. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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The second of three picture books featuring Kumak and his village—the first being the aforementioned Kumak's House, the third being Kumak's River—from author/illustrator Michael Bania, who lived for two decades in the Arctic, Kumak's Fish: A Tale of the Far North is a title I found (along with its companions) in the folklore section of my local public library. That being said, although the first book is folklore adjacent (it seems to be an Arctic retelling of the Yiddish folktale, It Could Always Be Worse), this book is more of an original tall tale, one in which humans and fish play a game of tug-of-war. The story is amusing, and the accompanying artwork expressive, ably capturing the humor of the scenes being depicted. Recommended to picture book readers who enjoy folktale-style stories, as well as to anyone seeking tales with an Alaskan, arctic, and/or Inupiat cultural background. ( )