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Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Based on an Athabascan Indian legend passed along for many generations from mothers to daughters of the upper Yukon River Valley in Alaska, this is the suspenseful, shocking, ultimately inspirational tale of two old women abandoned by their tribe during a brutal winter famine. Though these women have been known to complain more than contribute, they now must either survive on their own or die trying. In simple but vivid detail, Velma Wallis depicts...
Author
Publisher
Storey Publishing
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
When the Animals and Birds argue about who is better, they decide to settle the matter with a game of ball and ultimately learn a lesson from Bat, who has characteristics of both animals and birds. Adapted from the folktale originating from the Cherokee, Creek, Ojibway, and Menominee people of North America.
Author
Publisher
Orchard Books
Pub. Date
[1994]
Language
English
Description
Iktomi the trickster tries to fool a buzzard into carrying him across the river on the buzzard's back. Asides printed in italics may be used by the storyteller to encourage listeners to make their own remarks about the action, as in traditional Iktomi storytelling.
11) Mystic horse
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
After caring for an old abandoned horse, a poor young Pawnee boy is rewarded by the horse's mystic powers.
Author
Publisher
Heyday
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"It is said that Coyote was sitting atop Sonoma Mountain when he decided to create the world and people, and many of the songs that Coast Miwok and Southern Pomo people have sung since the beginning of time are gifts from the mountain. The stories go on and on because the mountain itself has so many things--rocks and animals; birds and grasses, fish, frogs, springs and creek, trees--and many of the stories connect with other stories, just as the animals...
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