In the time before animals were as they are today, Raven and Loon were
both white. Their feathers had no colour at all. Raven spent his days
swooping through the sky trying to fight off his incessant boredom,
while Loon spent her days in her iglu working away on her sewing. One
day, too bored to even fly, Raven visited Loon and suggested a sewing
game that would give their feathers some much-needed colour. The
results - not at all what the two birds expected - led to Raven and Loon
acquiring their now-familiar coats.
This whimsical retelling of a pan-Arctic traditional story features
lively, colourful illustrations from Kim Smith.