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A Small Tall Tale From The Far Far North
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A Small Tall Tale From The Far Far North Paperback - 2001

by Sís, Peter


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"Not to be missed" -- "Kirkus Reviews"
One hundred years ago a young man named Jan Welzl left his home in Europe and headed for the Far North. He rode off in a horse-drawn cart, traded the cart for a sled pulled by reindeer, and was gone for thirty years. Like Robinson Crusoe, he turned adversity into adventure and the wilderness into a dream, where anything could happen and anyone could be a hero. In this reissue of one of his earlier works, award-winning author/artist Peter Sis explores the life of Czech folk hero Jan Welzl and re-creates his extraordinary Arctic odyssey. Mixing fact with legend, he paints the fascinating story of a little-known explorer and the native people who became his teachers and his friends. With maps, storyboards, panoramas, and even a myth told in pictographs, Peter Sis has concocted a visual feast.

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  • Title A Small Tall Tale From The Far Far North
  • Author Sís, Peter
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 40
  • Publisher Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), New York
  • Date 2001-04
  • ISBN 9780374467258

About the author

Peter Sis is the author and illustrator of many books for young readers, including" Madlenka," and the Caldecott Honor-winning "Starry Messenger: Galileo Galilei "and "Tibet Through the Red Box." He lives in New York City with his wife and two children.
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