fernandie's review against another edition
3.0
Note: I accessed a digital review copy of this book through Edelweiss.
agudenburr's review against another edition
4.0
This story reads like a fable and is based on true events from the Indigenous Ewenki peoples. The story takes place in the mountains of Inner Mangolia and is about a hunter who raised a baby moose. The illustrations are beautiful and the story is about the bond between human and animal. This story is on the long side but very enjoyable. It would make a better one-on-one story to enjoy all the details in the illustrations.
kilks401's review against another edition
5.0
This is a beautiful story, so happy I stumbled on it. While not eligible for the Caldecott, this is the best picture book I read last year. Wonderful art work, good story.
bookdragon_library's review against another edition
5.0
The illustrations are absolutely beautiful with natural, muted color tones. It is pretty long for a picture book but the amount of text on a page is varied. Some have no text or one sentence and some have 5-6 sentences. A lovely story for inclusion of a book set in Mongolia. It talks about some traditions of hunting and depicts how life was at one time in rural Mongolia.
erine's review against another edition
5.0
In the beginning, this struck a Little House vibe with the detailed illustrations, the humorous animal story, and the realism with which this is told.
The illustrations are simply gorgeous, and made me feel like I could reach out and ruffle Gree Shek’s fluffy gray hair or pat Xiao Han’s soft moose fur. The forest scenes are full of natural details and beautiful colors, the interiors are full of depths and shadows, and all of the pictures have things to find and notice. Each spread is noteworthy in its own way.
The story is simple and straightforward. Gree Shek hunts and kills a moose, but doesn’t realize she has a baby. The baby adopts him, and there are many ridiculous, funny, and sad things about being a moose who has adopted an aging hunter. For six years things go pretty well, but eventually Gree Shek knows he is dying and must send Xiao Han back into the wild.
A tale of animal friendship on par with Sy Montgomery, with illustrations to sink into.
The illustrations are simply gorgeous, and made me feel like I could reach out and ruffle Gree Shek’s fluffy gray hair or pat Xiao Han’s soft moose fur. The forest scenes are full of natural details and beautiful colors, the interiors are full of depths and shadows, and all of the pictures have things to find and notice. Each spread is noteworthy in its own way.
The story is simple and straightforward. Gree Shek hunts and kills a moose, but doesn’t realize she has a baby. The baby adopts him, and there are many ridiculous, funny, and sad things about being a moose who has adopted an aging hunter. For six years things go pretty well, but eventually Gree Shek knows he is dying and must send Xiao Han back into the wild.
A tale of animal friendship on par with Sy Montgomery, with illustrations to sink into.
renee_b's review against another edition
5.0
Really great picture book telling a legend that has been passed down from the Ewenki people (a tribe of Reindeer herding people of inner Mongolia. I loved that this was an #ownvoices story about a group of people I had never learned about, and the illustrations, done by Chinese artist Jiu Er, were breathtaking. I also loved that the protagonist of the story was an old man, I really love when stories are told from an elder's perspective. Really great book for people who love nature, Jiu Er's illustrations take you straight to the heart of the countryside of Inner Mongolia.
debnanceatreaderbuzz's review
5.0
An elder named Gree Shek kills a moose during hunting, and learns shortly afterward that the moose was caring for a young calf. Gree Shek takes responsibility for the young moose, feeding it, raising it, allowing it to live with him, and soon the moose becomes closely bonded to Gree Shek and the reindeer he herds. But Gree Shek is getting older and weaker. What will become of the moose as he gets older and bigger?
A lovely story, based on true events in Mongolia.
I am delighted to welcome the arrival of Greystone Kids, a new publishing company that is a part of Greystone Books. From the website: "Greystone Books is a trade book publisher that focuses on high-quality non-fiction books that appeal to regional, national, and international readers. The company is a leading publisher of books about nature and the environment, travel and adventure, sports, social issues, science, and health, as well as books that are exceptional literary expressions of personal passions."
“Under the Greystone Kids banner,” Rob Sanders, the publisher of Greystone Kids tells us, “we will publish picture books for young readers, and non-fiction books for middle readers. Furthermore, this new division will include an imprint—Aldana Libros—to be led by renowned children’s publisher Patricia Aldana—that will bring outstanding books from around the world to the English-speaking market."
A lovely story, based on true events in Mongolia.
I am delighted to welcome the arrival of Greystone Kids, a new publishing company that is a part of Greystone Books. From the website: "Greystone Books is a trade book publisher that focuses on high-quality non-fiction books that appeal to regional, national, and international readers. The company is a leading publisher of books about nature and the environment, travel and adventure, sports, social issues, science, and health, as well as books that are exceptional literary expressions of personal passions."
“Under the Greystone Kids banner,” Rob Sanders, the publisher of Greystone Kids tells us, “we will publish picture books for young readers, and non-fiction books for middle readers. Furthermore, this new division will include an imprint—Aldana Libros—to be led by renowned children’s publisher Patricia Aldana—that will bring outstanding books from around the world to the English-speaking market."
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