Legends, Myths & Fables, Fiction - Anthologies & Collections, Children - Fiction & Literature, Children - Fairy Tales, Myths & Fables
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Overview
How did people come to inhabit the Earth? Were bones, collected in a basket, changed into people and scattered East, West, North, South? Perhaps animals formed the Earth from moss floating on a raft after a great flood. Or did the first woman fall through a hole in the sky to make her home on the back of a turtle? Did souls emerge from a dark underworld by climbing a grapevine? A wonderful collection of stories taken from Chuckchee, Cree, Mandan, Modoc, Mohawk, Osage, and Zuñi legends.Editorials
Children's Literature -
Native peoples tell various tales of the origin of man. Not only a search for meaning and purpose in life, but a concern for the earth comes through clearly in these legends of Native Americans. (One factual error has the Zuni reservation in New Mexico and Arizona when it is only in New Mexico.)School Library Journal
Gr 3-6-Seven folktales from the Zui, Mandan, Cree, Chuckchee, Osage, Mohawk, and Modoc traditions that explore the creation of the world and the origin of humans. Taylor illustrates each of these well-told tales with a bold, somewhat surrealistic, full-page painting that incorporates multiple elements of the story, except for the longest selection, which is accompanied by two full-page illustrations and one brilliant, double-page painting. The tales are brief but clearly written and lend themselves to being read aloud. The text is set in large black type, with good use of white space; that, along with the captivating art, make the book appealing. It would be particularly good for classroom discussions, as the diversity represented helps dispel the myth of a ``generic'' Native American culture.-Donna L. Scanlon, Lancaster County Library, PABook Details
Published
September 29, 1994
Publisher
Toronto : Tundra Books, [1998], c1994.
Pages
32
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780887763274