Because the long, hard winter caused scarcity of firewood and food, a poor Indian boy and his animal friends journey to the lodge of the Great Bear to release the chinook.

• ISBN: 9780374305895
• Author: Taylor, Harriet Peck
• Published: 1997 , Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
• Themes: Folklore, Friendship with Animals, Indigenous, Siksika Indians
• Descriptors: Folklore and Fairy Tales, Myths and Legends, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9), United States
• No. of pages: 32