Saving The Last Grizzlies As this action-packed sequel to Bearstone opens, Cloyd Atcitty and his rancher friend Walter Landis are heading back into the mountains, this time chasing the old man's dream of finding a lost Spanish gold mine. But when Cloyd hears that a mother grizzly and her cubs have been sighted nearby, he immediately hopes it might be the mate of the bear he had tried to save from a hunter the previous summer. When the mother bear dies in a tragic accident, Cloyd realizes that if her cubs don't survive, grizzlies will disappear from Colorado forever. He refuses to leave the cubs, determined to stay with them until they can den. But with winter deepening in the mountains, can Cloyd himself survive?

Woven with valuable family life lessons, this educational adventure begins in a quaint little mountain valley where Jonathan, The Bear Man and family set out in search of the truth of winter. And there, in the light of the dawn, they saw! A song writer and poet, as well as a professional Artist for over 30 years; Jonathan LaBenne, better known as Jonathan, The Bear Man, brings his talents together in this delightful story! Pamela Ann. ? Every reader will wish they could be part of this unique adventure that Jonathan and his kin experience! Using his various carvings for illustrations, the talented artist brings to life the characters in this book. The story is a combination adventure, poem and fantasy that captivates and amuses. These various characters will win your heart, especially Old Shaggy. I cant wait to share this folk tale with my grandchildren. Kids from the age of 2 to 102 will be entertained by this magical night that led the artist and his family to create a carved mural that memorializes the unforgettable evening. Lorry Brooks, Teacher and parent advisor Alaska/Hawaii Cyberlynx Correspondence School

A wild bear escapes capture and returns to his beloved home in the mountains, where he enjoys dancing to the sounds of nature.

Expertly arranged piano solo from our Kalmus Edition.

This second volume of our Ute trilogy contains a collection of Ute oral texts. Ute oral literature reflects the life experience of a small-scale hunting-and-gathering Society of Intimates and its tight connection to the local terrain, flora and fauna that supported the hunter-gatherer life. Ute story-telling tradition is the people's literary heritage, with the narrative style allowing considerable artistic freedom and diversity in contents and style. Stories were not memorized verbatim, and story-tellers took creative liberty in elaborating and re-inventing the 'same' tale. The core cultural contents of each story are nevertheless preserved across tellers. Ute stories were most likely told at night around the fire, in front of or inside the lodge, to a mixed audience of children and adults who had heard the tale many time before. The stories aimed to both instruct and entertain. Their underlying themes are stoic and oft-cynical reflections on the vagaries of human behavior and harsh existence. They are the foundational literary tradition of The People--Núuchi-u.

Life, death and transformation can be viewed as those stages of reality most unavoidable; or as the very different rooms we must enter one after the other. Long Dead Before Dying is a collection of eighteen short stories which examine what happens when the transition from one to the other is disrupted or even foregone. What becomes of those who die badly, or not at all? What's the fate of human beings who continue to grow after the heart stops beating? What lives in the liminal spaces between waking and sleep? In a journey that will take you from medieval Russia to 1890s London, and from the slums of Haiti to the vineyards of Italy, Long Dead paints a vivid and often horrific view of a world haunted by the mistakes and roads not taken that lead on inevitably to unknown vistas beyond life and imagination.