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Gitchi Gumee | 
| Author: Anne Margaret Lewis
Creator: Kathleen Chaney Fritz
Publisher: Mackinac Island Press
Category: Book
List Price: $18.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 460558
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1st
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 32
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 11.2 x 10.1 x 0.3
ISBN: 0974914592
EAN: 9780974914596
ASIN: 0974914592
Publication Date: April 1, 2006
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Product Description
A 2006 Midwest Booksellers Association Children's Honor Book of the Year, Gitchi Gumee is a story of patience and respect. It is a story of a master teaching and guiding his pupil. It is a story of the 'big water' that touched Native Americans, Longfellow, and anyone who has come in contact with the magnificence of never-ending bodies of water, be it lakes, seas or oceans. Open up an elegant and powerfully written story that has been brought to life with beautiful and vibrant illustrations.
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 Wonderful adventure November 10, 2006
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
Gitchi Gumee means "big water," and those of us who border on Lake Superior--one of the five Great Lakes--we know the name is perfect.
Ann Margaret Lewis tells in short verses ideal for children her story of the big waters and a little boy's curiosity about sailing it.
Kathleen Chaney Fritz's illustrations of the "human face" of the lake are wonderful. You can feel the lake's movement and season changes. Some of the pictures are so beautiful you could frame them.
"I puff out my cheeks and blow my wind," Lewis writes to show how Lake Superior can--and does change so quickly.
This story tells that the lake is home to families playing on the shore, people boating and fishing, and huge ocean freighters carrying products around the world. Many shipwrecks lie beneath the lake's waters.
Armchair Interviews says: If your child likes adventure told with great illustrations, this book is a keeper.
 Milwaukee Parent Magazine July 19, 2006
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
The sea becomes a young man's mentor in this beautifully rendered read. "Watch and listen closely and you will know my faces well," says Gitchi Gumee. Purposeful poetry and incredible illustrations communicate the many moods of big water, giving young readers a newfound respect.
A beautiful presented tale of a young man's remarkable journey July 12, 2006
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
Gitchi Gumee by Anne Margaret Lewis is an original picturebook story enhanced with the museum quality paintings of Kathleen Chaney Fritz. The result is a beautiful presented tale of a young man's remarkable journey through the deepest, greatest bodies of water in a small sail boat. Inspired by the Native American tales of the "big water" and as exemplified in the famous "Hiawatha" saga poem of Longfellow, Gitchi Gumee showcases the adventurous young man's nautical sally into the all-knowing majesty of the open sea. Perfect for both school and community library picturebook collections, Lewis and Fristz's Gitchi Gumee is enthusiastically recommended for young readers and their parents for its superb illustrations in service to a truly inspirational and entertaining story.
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