Vintage 1977 Arctic Reading Series Brian W Lewis Lot 12 Comb-Bound Readers

Comb-bound softcovers show moderate shelf and handling wear with rubbing, corner and edge wear, and some small cover creases and spots. Plastic comb bindings are intact overall with minor warping, and pages remain securely bound with no loose or missing leaves. Interior pages are lightly toned; several volumes have school ownership stamps and a few small ink or pencil marks, but text and illustrations stay fully legible. Set includes the 15 student readers only; no teacher guides, discs, online access codes, or additional supplemental materials are included or guaranteed.

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Title: Arctic Reading Series comb-bound readers set including Eskimo Fables and related Arctic tales.

Author: Brian W. Lewis, with additional texts by other contributors; illustrations by Inuit artists such as Germaine Arnaktauyok.

Publisher: Minister of Supply and Services Canada for the Education and Cultural Development Branch, Department of Indian and Northern Affairs, Ottawa.

Publication Year: 1977 third printing (original series first printed 1969; second printing 1971).

Format: Set of 15 comb-bound softcover readers in the Arctic Reading Series language arts program.

Language: English.

Subject: Indigenous Arctic folklore, fables, myths, legends, seasonal stories, and community life used for literacy instruction.

Educational level: Primary and elementary school reading, language arts, social studies, and Indigenous studies.

Contents overview: Individual reader titles include "Tommy and Mary," "My Friends" (Reader 3), "Someone Is Coming" (Reader 4), "Freeze Up" (Reader 5), "Cold, Cold Winter" (Reader 6), "The Ice Is Breaking" (Reader 7), "All Through the Year" (Reader 8), "My Talking Book" (Reader 9), "Nuna Goes South" (Reader 10), "Poems & Stories" (Reader 11), "Eskimo Fables" (Reader 12), "Eskimo Myths" (Reader 13), "Eskimo Legends" (Reader 14), "Northern Indian Tales" (Reader 15), and "Northern Tales From Other Lands" (Reader 16).

"Eskimo Fables" by Brian W. Lewis (Reader Twelve) presents 20 short tales such as "The Caribou and the Trout," "The Raven and the Whale," "The Owl and the Lemming," "The Fox and the Wolf," "The Owl Who Married the Geese," and "The Owl and the Raven," with black-and-white line drawings by Germaine Arnaktauyok.

Features: Simple controlled-vocabulary narratives, large clear type, and black-and-white illustrations, emphasizing Arctic animals, weather, family and village scenes, traditional myths, and moral lessons, suitable for classroom use or homeschooling curricula focused on language arts and Indigenous cultures.

Notes: Official Canadian government publication issued under the authority of the Minister of Indian and Northern Affairs and printed by the Minister of Supply and Services Canada.

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