Hillsboro, OR: Beyond Words Publishing, (1992) dj. Hardcover first edition - Based on the Native American belief of the Circle of Life, this is a "gentle and sensitive story about mortality and the interconnectedness of generations . While nine-year-old Wanba and her grandmother work, the girl asks about her recently deceased grandfather. Grandmother's answer involves the fish they're cleaning, the pelicans diving nearby, and the corn grown for humans to eat, fertilized by fish scraps. . Grandfather's death returns his body to the Earth and his goodness to the Great Mystery. Carol Grigg's watercolors are spare, with washes of brilliant color against pure white pages." (School Library Journal) Large format, unpaginated. ISBN: 0-941831795.