The Legend of Leelanau

The Legend of Leelanau - Hardcover

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The Legend of Leelanau - Hardcover

The Legend of Leelanau - Hardcover

by Kathy-Jo Wargin
$17.95
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Book Overview

A memorable retelling of the story of a young girl who loved nature and the delights of childhood.

Although most people were afraid to enter the Spirit Wood because of the Pukwudjininees (tiny fairies), young Leelinau loved the Spirit Wood more than anything else and spent an increasing amount of time there climbing trees, playing with her animal friends, and escaping the chores and duties of home. Leelinau's concerned parents attempt to stop her from going into the forest, for they fear the fairies will keep her for good, but the pull of the Spirit Wood is too strong for the free-spirited girl.

The story of Leelinau was originally told by Jane Johnston Schoolcraft, daughter of a Scots-Irish fur trader father and an Ojibwe mother, in the mid 19th century and blends the popular Romanticism of the day with a Michigan setting. The name Leelanau, was submitted to the Michigan state legislator in 1840--although Leelanau County did not officially get its name until some twenty years later--by Jane's husband, Henry R. Schoolcraft, and likely has its basis in this tale.
ISBN9781585361502
Author Kathy-Jo Wargin
PublisherSleeping Bear Press
GenreChildren
FormatHardcover
PublishedApril 2003
LanguageENG- English
Pages48
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceKids
Print SizeStandard Print

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About Kathy-Jo Wargin

Kathy-jo Wargin is the best-selling author of numerous children's books, including The Legend of Sleeping Bear. She has received many awards for her work, among them an International Reading Association Children's Choice Award for The Legend of the Loon and an IRA Teacher's Choice Award for Win One for the Gipper. In 2006 her first chapter book, Mitt, the Michigan Mouse, was published to launch a series on the midwest states. She lives in Minnesota with her family, photographer Ed Wargin and their son Jake. Karen Busch Holman, a BFA graduate of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, is the illustrator for the Mitt and Minn Midwest Series. Karen's work as an illustrator first appeared in G is for Granite, A New Hampshire Alphabet, and its companion book, Primary Numbers, which solidified her career as an illustrator. She is also the creator of the art that adorns every New Hampshire Heirloom Birth Certificate. More of her work can be seen throughout New Hampshire in support of the Arts Council and in regional magazines and publications. She has actively shared her love of art with many elementary school children throughout New England. Karen now lives in Loveland, Ohio.

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