The 2008 Willow Awards
Shining Willow Nominee
Beyond the Northern Lights
By Lynn Blaikie.
Vivid batik designs bring this poem about Raven to life. Raven takes a young girl on a magical journey through the sky, in the sea and on the land, and then back to her bed and her dreams.
About the Author
Lynn Blaikie was born in Southern Ontario and moved to the Yukon Territory at the age of eighteen. In the small mining community of Elsa, she discovered the art of batik. She fell in love with the medium and practiced in isolation, far from other artistic influences. Employing both the traditional vat dyeing methods with inks and pens, Lynn creates works of art that are known for their exuberance. Lynn's work hangs in government and private collections in Canada, Europe, the United States, and Japan. This is her first book for children.
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Suggested Activities
- Find out about the northern lights. Use non fiction books from your library or go to the following links, the Aurora page or Yahoo Kids Directory, to help you learn what they look like.
- Now that you know what the northern lights look like, create a picture of them using black paper and coloured chalk or pastels.
- Find another Inuit legend about the sky and read it with someone.
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