This charming pourquoi tale tells of an Eskimo girl and her magic. Sloats pictures are vibrant and engaging befitting the land of the northern lights. . . . Delightful playful and beautifully written.ampamp8213School Library JournalLong ago the only berries on the tundra were hard tasteless little crowberries. As Anana watches the older ladies in her village complain bitterly while picking berries for the Fall Festival she decides to use her magic to help.ampamp160ampamp34Atsaiiyaa Berry Atsaiiyaa Berry Atsaukina Be a berryampamp34 Anana sings under the full moon turning the four dolls she sewedampamp160with a different color pelatuuk or head scarf into little girls that run and tumble over the tundra creating patches of fat juicy berries blueberries cranberries salmonberries and raspberries.ampamp160The next morning Anana and the ladies fill basket after basket with berries for the Fall Festival. Thanks to Anana there are plenty of tasty berries for the agutak Eskimo tee cream at the festival and forevermore.ampamp160As she did with The Eye of the Needle praised by the New York Times Book Review a San Francisco Chronicle Choice and a Maryland BlackEyed Susan Picture Book Award winner Yupik Eskimo elder Betty Huffmon shared this folktale with authorillustrator Teri Sloat who brings it to life with her delightful illustrations.