At sundown, the shadows lengthen. A group of children, playing far from their village, know it is time to go home—but they are having too much fun to heed their parents' anxious calls. Suddenly a huge form darkens the entire horizon. It's the hungry giant, looking for his supper.

Like most giants, this one is not too bright, and, luckily for his prey, he has forgotten his knife. So he finds a safe place to keep his meal while he lumbers home. But with the help of two very unusual birds and a featherlight touch of magic, the children escape, in a marvelously clever triumph of little over big.

The ruggedly beautiful artwork that illustrates this Yupik story evokes the landscape of the far north, while the hearty oral tale itself sparkles with wit and begs to be read aloud.

From the dust jacket