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Author Bruchac, James.

Title The girl who helped thunder and other Native American folktales / retold by James Bruchac and Joseph Bruchac ; illustrated by Stefano Vitale.

Publication Info. New York : Sterling Pub. Co., [2008]
©2008

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 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Children's Department  J 398.2 BRUCHAC    Check Shelf
 Cheshire Public Library - Children's Department  J 398.2 BRUCHAC    DUE 01-31-23 Billed
 Enfield, Main Library - Children's Department  J 398.2 BRU    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Barney Branch - Children's Department  J 398.2 BRU    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Children's Department  J 398.08 BRU    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Children's Department  J 398.2 BRUCHAC    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Juvenile Nonfiction  J 398.2097 BRUCHAC    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Children's Nonfiction  J398.209 BRU    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Children's Department  J398 BRU    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Children's Department  J398.2089 NORTH AMERICA    Check Shelf

Description 96 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Series Folktales of the world
Folktales of the world.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 94-96).
Contents Northeast -- How stories came to be (Seneca) -- Girl who helped thunder (Lenape) -- Maushop, the good giant (Wampanoag) -- Southeast -- Ball game between the birds and animals (Cherokee) -- Turtle's race with wolf (Seminole) -- How rabbit got wisdom (Creek) -- Coming of corn (Choctaw) -- Great Plains -- Sister and her seven brothers (Cheyenne) -- How the buffalo came to be (Lakota) -- Old Man and the rolling rock (Blackfeet) -- Bear man (Pawnee) -- Southwest -- How the people came to the upper world (Hopi) -- Hero twins (Navajo) -- Why moon has one eye (Isleta Pueblo) -- California -- Moon and frog old woman (Maidu) -- Story of Tu-tok-a-nu-la (Miwok) -- How Earth Elder made the acorn tree (Pomo) -- Why owl lives away from the people (Wiyot) -- Northwest -- How the drum came to the people (Salish) -- Two sisters who married stars (Yakama) -- Boy who went with the seals (Wasco) -- Far North -- Beluga-skin Bedaarka (Aluutiq) -- Blind boy and the loon (Inuit) -- How raven brought back the sun (Koyukon Alhabascan) -- Sources.
Summary Twenty-four Native American legends and tales from across the United States capture a wide range of belief systems and wisdom from the Cherokee, Cheyenne, Hopi, Lenape, Maidu, Seminole, Seneca, and other tribes. The beautifully retold tales, each with an informative introduction, range from creation stories and animal fables to stirring accounts of bravery and sacrifice.
Study Program Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.2 3.0 127242.
Subject Indians of North America -- Folklore.
Local Subject Indigenous peoples -- North America -- Folklore.
Added Author Bruchac, Joseph, 1942-
Vitale, Stefano, illustrator.
ISBN 9781402732638
1402732635
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