Review
"One of the strongest voices speaking for the people of the Haida Gwaii and their neighbours." -- Bill Reid
Book Description
In the late 1970s, celebrated children's author Christie Harris published three books known as the Mouse Woman Trilogy, fascinating retellings of legends of the Haida people of British Columbia. Raincoast has re-issued each book in the trilogy, and now this omnibus edition contains all of the Mouse Woman stories, together with the striking original artwork by Douglas Tait.
Harris' stories feature Mouse Woman, who is a narnauk--a supernatural being who takes the shape of both a mouse and a grandmother. Mouse Woman's role is to keep order between other narnauks and humans, particularly young people. A unique and wonderful character, Mouse Woman is always enterprising--she uses tact and more than a little trickery to set things right. But she is also sympathetic and, of course, always successful.
About the Author
CHRISTIE HARRIS, long considered the matriarch of Canadian children's literature, died in 2002 at the age of 94. She wrote 20 books for young people, was two-time winner of the CLA Book of the Year Award and won the Canada Council's Award (now the Governor General's Award) and many others. She was made a member of the Order of Canada in 1981. In 2003, a B.C. children's book award was created in her name.
