Two Canes on the Tundra
Tellefson, Mary, author.
Two Canes on the Tundra by Mary Tellefson ; with illustrations by Destine Poulsen. - Waukesha, Wisc. : Orange Hat Publishing, 2021. - 51 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
In an Alaskan Yupik village, a blind 12-year-old, Apu, relies on his older cousin to guide him around the village. When a special teacher flies in to teach him how to use a cane, Apu is teased by the other kids and gets angry. Hearing about Apu's struggles at school, Grandfather sets up a ceremony in which Apu's extended family tell stories of ancestors bravely navigating the Alaskan wilderness using tools for survival. Apu's resistance to using a cane fades as he recognizes Grandfather's support cane and his own mobility cane as tools for independence, similar to the role of ancestral tools for survival in a harsh wilderness.
Middle grade.
9781645383215
Blind--Fiction.
Yupik children--Fiction.
Children with disabilities--Fiction.
Blind children--Fiction.
Canes for the blind--Fiction.
Alaska--Fiction.
FICTION / Disabilities.
FICTION / Indigenous.
Large type books.
F TEL
Two Canes on the Tundra by Mary Tellefson ; with illustrations by Destine Poulsen. - Waukesha, Wisc. : Orange Hat Publishing, 2021. - 51 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
In an Alaskan Yupik village, a blind 12-year-old, Apu, relies on his older cousin to guide him around the village. When a special teacher flies in to teach him how to use a cane, Apu is teased by the other kids and gets angry. Hearing about Apu's struggles at school, Grandfather sets up a ceremony in which Apu's extended family tell stories of ancestors bravely navigating the Alaskan wilderness using tools for survival. Apu's resistance to using a cane fades as he recognizes Grandfather's support cane and his own mobility cane as tools for independence, similar to the role of ancestral tools for survival in a harsh wilderness.
Middle grade.
9781645383215
Blind--Fiction.
Yupik children--Fiction.
Children with disabilities--Fiction.
Blind children--Fiction.
Canes for the blind--Fiction.
Alaska--Fiction.
FICTION / Disabilities.
FICTION / Indigenous.
Large type books.
F TEL