A Small Tall Tale From The Far Far North

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Summary: Great children's book
Review: Great book and illustrations.
Jan Welzl died here in Dawson City in 1948. Location of his grave was forgotten, but it was re-discovered by Rachel Taber, student of profesor Krejci of University of Alaska in 1987.
The grave was restored by his Czech countrymen in 1994 and is located in Public Cementary just next to R.C.M.P. cementary.

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Summary: A small small tale from the far far north
Review: He is a brightful storyteller. This story is about Native Alaskan Eskimos in Alaska. I'm not sure where it takes place Alaska. I have probally read this book about a gazillion times! It's such a good book. He is an imaginitive person. I love his books. His ideas are so....so different from all other the authors. I wish I could own ALL of his books.

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Summary: A delightful little book...
Review: I'm sorry to see that this delightful, albeit different, book is out of stock. I would never expect it to be a best seller. Nonetheless, the imaginative story and interesting art work are worth a look.

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Summary: Enchanting....
Review: Peter Sis has blended a little fact with a lot of fiction to create this fascinating story about Arctic explorer and folk hero, Jan Welzl. Born in Eastern Europe, Welzl travelled north looking for adventure and was saved from near death by Eskimos who nursed him back to health and taught him everything they knew about living and surviving in the harsh arctic climate. But when gold is found and the outside world arrives, Welzl worries that his trusting friends will lose their peaceful way of life..... Peter Sis has written a charming and enchanting story that's sure to capture all youngsters' imaginations and send them soaring. His quiet, idealistic, understated text is only outdone by his amazing evocative artwork which mixes maps, panoramas, pictographs and storyboards and children will be mesmerized by their intricacy and detail. With a prologue and epilogue to help fill in both the fact and fancy of the story, A Small Tall Tale From The Far Far North is perfect for youngsters 8-12 and is a captivating story that begs to be read again and again.

Rating:
Summary: Enchanting....
Review: Peter Sis has blended a little fact with a lot of fiction to create this fascinating story about Arctic explorer and folk hero, Jan Welzl. Born in Eastern Europe, Welzl travelled north looking for adventure and was saved from near death by Eskimos who nursed him back to health and taught him everything they knew about living and surviving in the harsh arctic climate. But when gold is found and the outside world arrives, Welzl worries that his trusting friends will lose their peaceful way of life..... Peter Sis has written a charming and enchanting story that's sure to capture all youngsters' imaginations and send them soaring. His quiet, idealistic, understated text is only outdone by his amazing evocative artwork which mixes maps, panoramas, pictographs and storyboards and children will be mesmerized by their intricacy and detail. With a prologue and epilogue to help fill in both the fact and fancy of the story, A Small Tall Tale From The Far Far North is perfect for youngsters 8-12 and is a captivating story that begs to be read again and again.