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Gr 2-6 An author's foreword explains that this collection of 10 international stories grew from both her childhood question, "Where did I come from?" and from the desire of her Canadian audiences for "more stories from here." The result is a compendium of tales filled with the challenges faced by immigrants or those on a quest. The selections retain some of the flavors of the original culture as they pick up the climate and physical features of Canada. Some tales are famili...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

A man must justify to his family his engagement to a mouse. Another man must decide which of his three daughters is worthy of inheriting his successful livelihood. Such conundrums can be found in many a folklore anthology; Andrews's masterstroke is to set her ten tales in North America and to bestow immigrant status on their protagonists, who hail from Vietnam, India, Chile, and elsewhere. As a result, these sto...Log In or Sign Up to Read More