New Releases by Christie Harris

Raven’s Cry is a Northwest Coast classic -- a moving and powerful work that is a fictionalized retelling of the near destruction of the Haida nation. The Haida are a proud and cultured people, whose home is Haida Gwaii (the Queen Charlotte Islands) off the coast of northern British Columbia. Until the first Europeans arrived in 1775, the Haida were the lords of the coast. The meeting of cultures was a fateful one: the Europeans had the advantages of firearms and immunity to their own deadly diseases. In just 150 years, the Haida and their culture were pushed to the edge of extinction. Christie Harris recreates this tale of tragedy and the ultimate survival of native spirit with dignity, beauty and ethnographic accuracy.

In the late 1970s, celebrated children's author Christie Harris published three books known as the Mouse Woman Trilogy. These witty, well-researched versions of Native legends feature a central character, Mouse Woman, who is a narnauk -- a supernatural being who takes the shape of both a mouse and a prim and proper human grandmother. Mouse Woman's role is to keep order between other narnauks and humans, especially young humans, who are often led astray by the narnauks. The crafty Mouse Woman uses tact and more than a little trickery to set things right. A unique and wonderful character, Mouse Woman is always enterprising, but also sympathetic -- and, of course, always successful. This new omnibus edition contains all of Harris' Mouse Woman stories, together with Douglas Tait's striking original artwork. Together, they offer a fascinating look at the world of the Haida people of the Pacific Northwest.

These legends of the Haida people of British Columbia feature the wise and enterprising Mouse Woman, a narnauk -- a supernatural human/animal shape-shifter. Taking the form of both a mouse and a grandmother, Mouse Woman's role is to keep order between other narnauks and humans. Both a teacher and a nurturer, the ever-watchful Mouse Woman keeps a particularly close eye on the princesses of the great clans of the Northwest Coast, who carry the royal blood line. From them all future chiefs would descend. Though well protected, these princesses are sometimes lured away and spirited off by such diverse things as a bear, a magic plume, and gigantic snails. Mouse Woman must use tact and her own forms of trickery to set things right. This reissue of the original 1976 text features the striking black-and-white line drawings of Douglas Tait. With a new and more contemporary look, these compelling stories appeal to both longtime Christie Harris fans and new readers, young and old.

During her stay on Granville Island, Zandra fears she is being stalked by a ghost.

The importance of being a true friend. A wonderful story from a master of the art.

More stories of how Mouse Woman, the tiny character, part mouse, part grandmother, helps young people and restores the proper balance to life for the Indians and the supernatural beings on the Northwest Coast.

Tales and legends of the early adventurers of the Northwest Coast of America.

Retells stories about Northwest Coast princesses and compares them with similar Old World princesses.

Very long ago, supernatural beings called narnauks roamed the seas and vast green wilderness of the Northwest Coast. Among them was Mouse Woman, a tiny, hilariously prim soul whose self-appointed duty was to see that everyone and everything was proper. Anyone who couldn't see the right way of doing things was a muddlehead, and Mouse Woman had little patience with muddleheads, human or narnauk. In these witty tales, this captivating creature uses tact and trickery to restore decorum to a variety of wayward characters. Based on Canada's rich native Haida folklore, these enchanting stories feature the striking artwork of Douglas Tait and an insightful new introduction by Christie Harris's daughter.

Three tales recount the disappearance and return of the Pacific salmon, the activities of an Indian trickster, and life, death, and the spirit world.

A retelling of Northwest Indian story of Temlaham as a close encounter with beings from another galaxy.

Felling a misfit in her family, Morann discovers something special about herself when she encounters Indian spirits in the wilds of British Columbia.

"Fiona Ross-Allen, Feeny to everyone else, and sometimes "Fearless Feeny" to herself even though lots of times in her offhand manner she's "scared spitless," can hang by her toes. But it's her only outstanding accomplishment. Everyone in her family does more and gets further