Very Last First Time (CL)

Enjoyed by readers of age: 9 to 12

Read the most by: boys and girls

Eva, an Inuit girl, lives along Ungava Bay in northern Canada. In the winter, her people search for mussels along the bottom of the seabed. Although Eva has often joined her mother on these searches, today is the very first day she's climbing down through the ice hole by herself. "A unique experience for young listeners and an intriguing introduction to another culture".--"Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books". Full color.