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Kali's Song
By WINTER, Jeanette
- ISBN
- 978-0-375-87022-4 978-0-375-97022-1 978-0-375-98860-8
- Publisher
- Random Schwartz & Wade Bks
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on February 1, 2012 | Preschool to Grade 4
PreS-Gr 1—Kali, a cave boy, prefers to use his weapon to make music rather than to kill. He lives with his hunter father and his cave-painting artist mother. The time comes for the boy to be given his own bow and arrows so he can help bring food to his people. During a practice session, Kali discovers that the ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on March 1, 2012
When, "thousands and thousands and thousands of years ago," young Kali admires his mother's cave paintings, his father gives him a bow to practice for the hunt. Kali, however, sets aside his arrows and uses the bow for something new: putting it to his mouth, he plucks the string and creates music that stills the wild animals and draws them to him; even the stars "came close to listen." On...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2012
When young prehistoric Kali receives a bow to practice hunting, he puts it to his mouth, plucks the string, an...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
