Kami and the Yaks
Author:
Andrea Stenn Stryer
Illustrator:
Bert Dodson
Publication:
2007 by Bay Otter Press
Genre:
Fiction, Picture Books, World Cultures
Pages:
48
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Kami and the Yaks tells of a young, deaf Sherpa boy in the Himalaya. His family earns its living by guiding mountain climbers and carrying their gear on yaks. When the yaks cannot be found before a trek, Kami sets off in the high mountains, determined to find them. Despite his fear of being alone in a fierce storm, Kami finds the courage to keep searching.
The vivid illustrations convey the majesty of the mountain terrain and depict Sherpa society.
The story was inspired by a determined little boy the author met while trekking in the Mount Everest region of Nepal. Though he could not speak, he communicated well with creative gesturing. And he loved the yaks, especially the littlest one, just as Kami does in this story.
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Bert Dodson
(Pronounced American)1938 -
Bert Dodson is a Vermont painter, illustrator, graphic artist, and cartoonist who has illustrated over 80 children's books in his long career. He grad... See more
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Kami and the Yaks
The writing is sometimes pedestrian—“His mittens got wet and icy”—and the hail looks like a gentle snowfall in the pictures, but children will admire the young hero, both for his intrepid spirit, and for his animated use of gesture and playacting to convey the yaks’ plight to his confused family.
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