Indian Why Stories
 Amazing Native American Lore: Our local newspaper, the Houston Chronicle, published excerpts from this book in both English and Spanish as part of a summer reading program. After reading the excerpt, I had to have the book. Unfortunately, the day it [... more]
$5.95
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Grandmother Spider Brings the Sun: A Cherokee Story
Wonderful to Read Aloud: This marvelous story of how tiny and ancient Grandmothe Spider successfully brings the sun, something larger and more spritely animals before her could not accomplish, was written to be read aloud. Instead of the usual [... more]
$7.95
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The Tailypo: A Ghost Story (Clarion books)
entertained my children over 20 years ago.: I used to read this book to my 3 children over 20 years ago. They loved it! In fact, 2 years ago, my daughter found a copy of the book and gave it to me for Christmas so I could read it to my future [... more]
$7.95
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The Complete Tales of Uncle Remus
The Complete Tales of Uncle Remus: This book was purchased as a gift for a friend after a discussion about the stories that we read to our children as they were growing up. Unfortunately over the years she lost many items because of her husband dislike [... more]
$35.00
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Raven: A Trickster Tale from the Pacific Northwest
glorious, sumptuous and respectful: I get antsy when Native American themes and stories appear in children's books. Too often they reek of cultural misappropriation. But this beautiful book--gorgeous watercolor backgrounds to the Northwest Native [... more]
$7.00
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Coyote in Love With a Star: Tales of the People
The Trickster Goes to Manhattan: Marty Kreipe de Montano has modernized one of the classic characters found in the oral tradition of many Native American cultures. In this story, Coyote leaves the Potawatomi reservation and heads for the Big Apple, where [... more]
$14.95
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New York's Bravest
Amazon.com Review: Mary Pope Osborne (of Magic Tree House fame) honors the 343 firefighters who died on September 11 by retelling a 19th-century legend about another heroic NYC blaze battler. Eight-feet-tall with "hands as big as Virginia hams," [... more]
$15.95
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Kumak's House: A Tale of the Far North
Kumak's House: My three year old was engrossed as I read this book to her. I couldn't turn the pages too fast because she was busy examining all the details in the illustrations. At the same time, my 11 year old 7th grader who was born reading wanted to [... more]
$8.95
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Mike Fink
An exciting story about early America: MIke Fink is a story with lots of surprises and great pictures.Mike was able to do many things that seemed impossible. If you want to read about a boy who was determined to get what he wanted, this is the book for [... more]
$7.99
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Moss Gown
Excellent tie-in to Shakespeare's King Lear: This tale is an excellent tale made in the Cinderella fashion with a Shakespearean twist. It would be a great book to get youth interested in the play King Lear. Cinderella meets King Lear - a delightful [... more]
$6.95
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Navajo Coyote Tales
Traditional Tales: In many Native American groups, animals are personified in traditional tales, often playing consistant roles which reflect that animal's characteristics. Coyote is most often seen as a trickster who makes a fool of himself so that [... more]
$9.95
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Casey Jones
Train story about folk hero Casey Jones: I am ashamed to say I didn't know the story of Casey Jones before I read this book, but had heard the name connected with trains. I also did not read this book before reading it aloud to my son. I was kind of [... more]
$16.00
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