Where was the bear born? Where delivered? By the moon, next to the sun Among the stars of the plough Sent to Earth in a golden cradle With silvery chains.
Poorling is a little bear. She's a bit different from her brothers.
Mother keeps their family safe. For the Forest is full of dangers. It is there that Mana lives, with her Shadow children.
And above them all, Emuu, the great Grandma in the Sky.
From the heart of Finnish folklore comes a breathtaking tale of mothers, daughters, stars and legends, and the old gods and the new.---from the publisher
400 pages 978-1646141128 Ages 12 and up
Keywords: graphic novel, fantasy, fairy tale, bears, forest, folklore, mythology, legends, gods and goddesses, Scandinavian, Finnish, creepy, grim, dark, 12 year old, 13 year old, 14 year old
Editor's note: stunning artwork; reader may want to find the Finnish folklore this story is based on to get the fullest understanding of the tale
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Other reviews: "It's a fairytale nightmare of the highest quality, a heartfelt history lesson written in flames, a poem."—Comics Beat
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Meet the author: Mari Ahokoivu is an illustrator and comics artist from Finland. Her magnum opus, Oksi, was called "beautiful, clever, funny, vibrant, and full of magic" by the biggest newspaper in her home country; was shortlisted for the Jarkko Laine Award; and has now been translated into English as the first graphic novel on the Levine Querido list.
Silja-Maaria Aronpuro is a Finnish translator. She finds bringing other people's stories to life in a different language pretty magical. She is happy to have translated books that have been selected the Finnish graphic novel of the year 2018 and the translation of the year 2019 by the panel of critics in the Finnish comics society's magazine.
