The Huron Carol by Wallace, Ian

The Huron Carol

Renowned children's book illustrator Ian Wallace brings his masterful ability to paint landscape and his cultural sensitivity...
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SKU: 9781554983940
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Author: Ian Wallace
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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The Huron Carol by Wallace, Ian

The Huron Carol

Dhs. 83.68

The Huron Carol

Dhs. 83.68
Author: Ian Wallace
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

Renowned children's book illustrator Ian Wallace brings his masterful ability to paint landscape and his cultural sensitivity to The Huron Carol, a beautiful and unusual song with a rich history.

In the early 1600s Father Jean de Brébeuf came to Canada from his native France as a Jesuit missionary. He settled among the Huron, or Ouendat, people in what is now Midland, Ontario. Despite his missionary zeal, Brébeuf was sensitive to the people with whom he lived. He learned their language and he wrote, in Huron, the original version of this famous Christmas carol. He and his fellow priests, called Black Robes, and many of their Huron parishioners were killed in an Iroquois raid in 1649.

But Brébeuf's carol continued to be sung by successive generations of Hurons. Then in 1926, Toronto writer Jesse Edgar Middleton, inspired by Brébeuf, wrote his own version of the carol in English. His are the familiar words we sing today, describing the Huron landscape, flora and fauna in telling the Christmas story.

Ian Wallace's luminous illustrations, set against the dramatic backdrop of Georgian Bay, make this a stunning Christmas gift book. Multilingual versions of the text, the music and a full description of how this carol has come down to us today are included.



Author: Ian Wallace
Publisher: Groundwood Books
Published: 10/01/2013
Pages: 32
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.79lbs
Size: 9.10h x 9.10w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9781554983940
Audience: Ages 4-8

About the Author
Ian Wallace has had a long and distinguished career as an author and illustrator of picture books, publishing many classics such as Chin Chiang and the Dragon's Dance, Boy of the Deeps, The Name of the Tree, Canadian Railroad Trilogy and Just So Stories (forthcoming from Groundwood). He has won the Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Picture Book Award, the Mr. Christie's Book Award, the Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Award and the IODE Violet Downey Book Award. He has also been nominated for the prestigious Hans Christian Andersen Award and the TD Canadian Children's Literature Award. Ian currently lives in Brookline, Massachusetts, with his wife, Deb.

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