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Title	The dancing fox : Arctic folktales / edited by John Bierhorst ; illustrated by Mary K. Okheena.
Publication Info.	New York : Morrow, c1997.

Location	Call No.	Status
Children's Non-Fiction	Juv. 398.2 D	IN LIBRARY

Description	xxvi, 142 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (p. 140-142).
Summary	A description of Inuit culture accompanies a collection of eighteen Inuit folktales from an ancient oral tradition in which animals could take human form and in which magic usually had a part.
Contents	The adventures of Kivio -- The woman under the sea -- A giant and her little son -- The lost boys -- Worms and lice -- The girls who wished for husbands -- The orphan who became strong -- Two sisters and their caribou husbands -- The land of the birds -- Kasiak -- The woman who lived by herself -- Cannibal village -- The dancing fox -- Little bear -- The great giant Kinak -- The soul wanderer -- Two dried fish -- The blind boy and the loon.
Subject	Inuit -- Folklore.
	Tales -- Arctic regions.
Added Author	Bierhorst, John.
	Okheena, Mary K.
ISBN	0688144063
	0688144047

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