Barbara M Joosse

In this beautifully illustrated children's book, a heartwarming tale of motherly love unfolds in the Arctic north. In a timeless and universal story, a child tests the limits of independence and comfortingly learns that a parent's love is unconditional and everlasting. The lyrical text introduces young readers to a distinctively different culture, while at the same time showing that the special love that exists between parent and child transcends...

As the schooner "Mary Ludwig" flounders in Lake Michigan during a storm in 1895, fishermen on the beach send a horse, trained to haul boats in and out of the lake, to rescue the shipwrecked crew. Based on a true story.