Trickster tales (Gerald McDermott)

Series

Publisher

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Pub. Date

1996

Language

English

Description

Zomo the rabbit, a trickster from West Africa, wants wisdom. But he must accomplish three apparently impossible tasks before Sky God will give him what he wants. Is he clever enough to do as Sky God asks? “The tale moves along with the swift concision of a good joke, right down to its satisfying punch line."—Publishers Weekly “Wildly exuberant, full of slapstick and mischief, this version of an enduring Nigerian trickster

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3) Raven: a trickster tale from the Pacific Northwest

Author

Series

Publisher

Harcourt Brace Jovanovich

Pub. Date

[1993]

Language

English

Description

Raven, a Pacific Coast Indian trickster, sets out to find the sun.

4) Coyote: a trickster tale from the American Southwest

Author

Series

Publisher

Harcourt Brace

Pub. Date

[1994]

Language

English

Description

Coyote, who has a nose for trouble, insists that the blackbirds teach him how to fly, but the experience ends in disaster for him.

5) Jabutí the tortoise: a trickster tale from the Amazon

Author

Series

Publisher

Harcourt

Pub. Date

[2001]

Language

English

Description

All the birds enjoy the song-like flute music of Jabuti, the tortoise, except Vulture who, jealous because he cannot sing, tricks Jabuti into riding his back toward a festival planned by the King of Heaven.

6) Pig-Boy: a trickster tale from Hawaiʻi

Author

Series

Publisher

Harcourt Children's Books

Pub. Date

2009.

Language

English

Description

The mischievous, shape-shifting Pig-Boy gets in trouble with both the King and Pele, the goddess of fire, but always manages to slip away as his grandmother has told him to do.

7) Monkey: a trickster tale from India

Author

Series

Publisher

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Pub. Date

2011.

Language

English

Description