Little Badger and the Fire Spirit: Kanata Classics Edition

Part of the ground-breaking Kanata Classics list, with a new introduction by the author, Little Badger and the Fire Spirit, initially published in 1977, is Maria Campbell’s recreation of a classic traditional story about how humans first acquired fire.

Eight-year-old Ahsinee is overjoyed that she gets to visit her grandparents and spend the whole summer in their little log house. Every night, she asks her Mooshoom for a story, and one evening, she asks for the story of fire. With a puff of h...