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Author Powell, Patricia Hruby, 1951-

Title Zíiniyah : haitẻ́ego naadá̳á̳ ̉shónáoztẻ ̉= Zinnia : how the corn was saved / written by Patricia Hruby Powell ; illustrated by Kendrick Benally ; Navajo by Peter A. Thomas.

Imprint Flagstaff, Ariz. : Salina Bookshelf, ©2003.

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Location Call No. Status
 Burlington Public Library - Children's Department  J398.2 POW    Check Shelf
Edition 1st ed.
Description 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 28 cm
Language In English and Navajo.
Summary A retelling of the Indian legend which explains why the Navajo always plant a scattering of zinnia flowers among their food crops and respect every spider.
Subject Zinnia -- Folklore.
Navajo language materials -- Bilingual.
Corn. (OCoLC)fst00878993
Genre/Form Folklore. (OCoLC)fst01423784
Subject Spiders -- Folklore.
Spiders. (OCoLC)fst01129749
Indians of North America -- Southwest, New -- Folklore.
Navajo Indians -- Folklore.
Zinnia -- Folklore.
Zinnia. (OCoLC)fst01184460
Navajo Indians -- Folklore.
Corn -- Folklore.
Folklore -- Southwest, New.
Spiders -- Folklore.
Local Subject Indigenous peoples -- Southwest, New -- Folklore.
Subject Navajo Indians. (OCoLC)fst01034799
Added Author Benally, Kendrick, illustrator.
Thomas, Peter, 1951 October 4-
Ruffenach, Jessie.
Added Title Zinnia : how the corn was saved
ISBN 1893354385 (alk. paper)
9781893354388 (alk. paper)
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