The Legend of the Loon

This book tells the story of a magical grandmother and her special relationship with her grandchildren. She lives in a cabin in the north woods and teaches the children special lessons about nature and the seasons. One day the children row a boat out onto the lake. When the fog comes in, they are lost. Grandmother Lom wades into the water, waves her arms back and forth and calls "where are yoooou?" The children can hear her, but suddenly the sound stops and a black bird with special coloring flies over head. The children follow the bird home, but when they arrive, grandmother is gone. It is a beautifully told and illustrated story by Kathy-jo Wargin and Gijsbert van Frankenhuyzen, telling the story of a Minnesota symbol.