Prologue plus twelve tales of the great First Nations hero, Glooskap, told in easy French using the present tense. They tell how he dealt with the frog who swallowed up all the water in the world, how he brought summer to the north country and the gifts he gave to mankind before his departure from the world. Included are word games, comprehension exercises and science research units for coniferous and deciduous trees, frogs and birds together with master illustrations in colour.