The Moose of Ewenki. Gerelchimeg Blackcrane

      

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      To the forests of northern China and to the Reindeer Ewenki people

      who live deep in the forests of the Greater Hinggan Mountains

      Text copyright © 2019 by Gerelchimeg Blackcrane

      Translation copyright © 2019 by Helen Mixter

      Illustrations copyright © 2019 by Jiu Er

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      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by

      any means, without the prior written consent of the publisher or a license from The Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency

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      Greystone Kids/Greystone Books Ltd.

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      An Aldana Libros book

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      ISBN 978-1-77164-538-6 (cloth)

      ISBN 978-1-77164-539-3 (epub)

      ISBN 978-1-77164-540-9 (epdf)

      Editing by Patsy Aldana

      Copy edited by Antonia Banyard

      Proofread by DoEun Kwon

      Jacket and interior design by Sara Gillingham Studio

      Jacket illustration by Jiu Er

      Printed and bound in Malaysia on ancient-forest-friendly paper by Tien Wah Press

      Greystone Books gratefully acknowledges the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh

      peoples on whose land our office is located.

      Greystone Books thanks the Canada Council for the Arts, the British Columbia Arts Council, the Province of British Columbia

      through the Book Publishing Tax Credit, and the Government of Canada for supporting our publishing activities.

      By Gerelchimeg Blackcrane • Illustrated by Jiu Er • Translated by Helen Mixter

      THE MOOSE OF EWENKI

      GREYSTONE BOOKS

      VANCOUVER / BERKELEY

      AN ALDANA LIBROS BOOK

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      To the forests of northern China and to the Reindeer Ewenki people

      who live deep in the forests of the Greater Hinggan Mountains

      Text copyright © 2019 by Gerelchimeg Blackcrane

      Translation copyright © 2019 by Helen Mixter

      Illustrations copyright © 2019 by Jiu Er

      19 20 21 22 23 5 4 3 2 1

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by

      any means, without the prior written consent of the publisher or a license from The Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency

      (Access Copyright). For a copyright license, visit accesscopyright.ca or call toll free to 1-800-893-5777.

      Greystone Kids/Greystone Books Ltd.

      greystonebooks.com

      An Aldana Libros book

      Cataloguing data available from Library and Archives Canada

      ISBN 978-1-77164-538-6 (cloth)

      ISBN 978-1-77164-539-3 (epub)

      ISBN 978-1-77164-540-9 (epdf)

      Editing by Patsy Aldana

      Copy edited by Antonia Banyard

      Proofread by DoEun Kwon

      Jacket and interior design by Sara Gillingham Studio

      Jacket illustration by Jiu Er

      Printed and bound in Malaysia on ancient-forest-friendly paper by Tien Wah Press

      Greystone Books gratefully acknowledges the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh

      peoples on whose land our office is located.

      Greystone Books thanks the Canada Council for the Arts, the British Columbia Arts Council, the Province of British Columbia

      through the Book Publishing Tax Credit, and the Government of Canada for supporting our publishing activities.

      By Gerelchimeg Blackcrane • Illustrated by Jiu Er • Translated by Helen Mixter

      THE MOOSE OF EWENKI

      GREYSTONE BOOKS

      VANCOUVER / BERKELEY

      AN ALDANA LIBROS BOOK

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      The Reindeer Ewenki people live in the vast forests

      of the Greater Hinggan Mountains in northern China.

      They hunt and raise reindeer.

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      The Reindeer Ewenki people live in the vast forests

      of the Greater Hinggan Mountains in northern China.

      They hunt and raise reindeer.

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      On one of his hunting trips, the

      old hunter Gree Shek lay in ambush

      all night long. He shot a moose.

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      On one of his hunting trips, the

      old hunter Gree Shek lay in ambush

      all night long. He shot a moose.

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      Gree Shek sat down to rest when

      he suddenly heard something

      rustling in the shrub behind him.