Delightful View into Inuit Culture

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	• Baseball Bats for Christmas Michael Kusugak Annick Press, 1993 - 24 pages average customer review:based on 2 reviews view larger image
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it was a good read

i read this book to my brother who has asthma too. he is 4 and he realy enjoyed it i recommend it.

Delightful View into Inuit Culture

This is a wonderful story which conveys the resourcefulness of children. More than that, Michael provides a view from within the Inuit culture. He illuminates for those of us who did not grow up on the Arctic Circle what it is to live in that harsh environment. At the same time, he shows us how alike we all are: enjoying the holidays and a good baseball game with friends.
Vladyana's magnificent art is an added bonus.
I bought this book after hearing Michael tell the story at the International Reading Association teachers' conference in 1999. Since that time, it has become one of my favorites, as well as a favorite of my students and my colleagues.

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Never having seen trees, the children in Repulse Bay decide that the funny things sent them one year must actually be baseball bats.

An autobiographical tale from Michael Kusugak's childhood tells a story of life in the arctic, and easily different cultures can interpret things differently.