Product Description
by Amanda Hall (Author), Kelly Berthelsen (Foreword by)
Raven has flown down from his world above the sky and has filled the Earth with creatures. But when he sees that the people have forgotten to respect what he has created, Raven angrily rips the shining sun from its place in the sky, leaving the Earth to freeze with just the moon for light. Life becomes hard for the people below. Little Darkness is an ordinary Inuit boy, except that he has been born with a special gift. But he will only discover it when he finds a strange object on the ice and hears the haunting lullaby his mother sang to him when he was a little baby. In deciding to pick up the object, his adventure will begin, taking him into a vast world beyond imagination. His journey will change him, the Earth, and all its inhabitants forever. Song of the Raven offers an Inuit message of hope and healing for children, parents, teachers, and anyone who wants to cherish and sustain our beautiful Earth.
Author Biography
Amanda Hall is an award-winning illustrator of over two dozen books, four of which she also wrote. She is renowned for her wonderfully decorative and colorful children's books both in America and Great Britain, with co-editions in 24 other countries and sales of over 600,000 copies worldwide. Amanda regularly exhibits her original artwork at Chris Beetles Gallery in London, while her e-commerce website (www.amandahall-illustration.com) sells copies of her signed books, prints, wall mural wallpapers, and original illustrations. Among her titles are How the Sea Came To Be: And All the Creatures In It, Out of This World: The Surreal Art of Leonora Carrington, The Fantastic Jungles of Henri Rousseau, and in 2022 Little Bear: An Inuit Folktale. She lives with her partner in Cambridge, England.
Kelly Berthelsen is an Inuit writer, poet, translator, and politician who advocates for Greenlandic culture, literature, and indigenous rights. He lives in Qaqortoq, Greenland.
