The true story of how a boy's passion for learning saved him from a life in England's coal mines and led him to a career as an internationally acclaimed artist and illustrator, famed for his images of Canada's north. Includes full-colour reproductions of Ted Harrison's art and a preface by the artist himself.

Margriet Ruurs is the award-winning author of forty books for children. Passionate about literacy, she writes children's and educational materials as well as book reviews. Margriet conducts author visits and writing workshops at international schools around the world and online. She has lived in the Yukon and in many other places, and now makes her home on Salt Spring Island in British Columbia.