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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     More Content       More by this author     Vickers, Roy Henry, 1946-     Subjects     Sea lions -- British Columbia -- Pacific Coast -- Juvenile fiction.     Indigenous peoples -- British Columbia -- Pacific Coast -- Social life and customs -- Juvenile fiction.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Vickers, Roy Henry, 1946-       by title:      Ben the sea lion / b...       by call number:      FICTION VIC     Search the Web     Vickers, Roy Henry, 1946-     Sea lions -- British Columbia -- Pacific Coast -- Juvenile fiction.     Indigenous peoples -- British Columbia -- Pacific Coast -- Social life and customs -- Juvenile fiction.       MARC Display

Ben the sea lion / by Roy Henry Vickers ; illustrated by Roy Henry Vickers. by Vickers, Roy Henry, 1946- Harbour Publishing, c2022. Call #: FICTION VIC Subjects Sea lions -- British Columbia -- Pacific Coast -- Juvenile fiction.   Indigenous peoples -- British Columbia -- Pacific Coast -- Social life and customs -- Juvenile fiction. ISBN:  9781550179736 155017973X Description:  30 pages : colour illustrations ; 22 x 31 cm. Summary:  Tsimshian storyteller and artist Roy Henry Vickers shares an adventure from his childhood in the Indigenous village of Kitkatla, on BC's north coast. When Uncle Johnny accidentally catches an orphaned sea lion pup in his fishing net, young Roy and his cousin Bussy take responsibility for nursing the tiny creature back to health. They name the pup Ben, short for Teeben--the Tsimshian word for sea lion. With the boys' loving care, Ben eats and eats and grows and grows, getting up to all sorts of fun in Kitkatla, including towing the boys in their skiff and showing local dogs who is boss! Eventually, Ben must return to the wild, leaving his human friends to remember him fondly. Fifteen original illustrations by Roy Henry Vickers accompany the text, capturing the beauty of the West Coast and the richness of village life. Ben the Sea Lion will delight readers of all ages. Genre:  Canadian fiction, Juvenile. School age picture book. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Cole Harbour Public Library School Age Picture Books - Indigenous Peoples Collection FICTION VIC Childrens Books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Halifax North Memorial Public Library School Age Picture Books - Indigenous Peoples Collection FICTION VIC Childrens Books Not Available Add Copy to MyList Halifax North Memorial Public Library School Age Picture Books - Indigenous Peoples Collection FICTION VIC Childrens Books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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