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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Coyote, who has a nose for trouble, insists that the crows teach him how to fly, but the experience ends in disaster for him.
A group of crows gives a trickster coyote a dose of his own medicine when they tire of his conceited bragging after they agree to teach him how to dance, sing, and fly
Author
Publisher
Millbrook Press
Pub. Date
[1997]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
To accompany her retelling of this Miwok creation myth,the author has created stunning illustrations featuring bold colors and strong geometric designs based on those found in ancient Indian pottery.
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus, Giroux
Pub. Date
1995
Language
English
Description
Coyote-a creator, a messenger, and, above all, a trickster-is at his mischievous best in these adventures retold from Native American sources. Brilliant illustrations depict the playful character in four tales: "Coyote Creates a New World," "Coyote and Mice," "Coyote and Woodpecker," and "Coyote and the Buffalo Bull."
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
1995.
Language
English
Description
Coyote has been given the task of creating the first human being in this version of an ancient Native American myth told by many of the nations who once inhabited the Great Plains and western United States.
Author
Publisher
University of Arizona Press
Pub. Date
c1998
Language
English
Description
"Coyote Tales are among the best loved in Native American folklore, and those collected by anthropologist Frank Hamilton Cushing at the end of the nineteenth century have well survived the test of time. This collection of authentic stories, extracted from the classic Zuni Folk Tales, offers modern readers of all ages a new appreciation of magic and myth as celebrated by the Zuni Indians of western New Mexico."--BOOK JACKET
17) Coyote in love
Author
Publisher
Alaska Northwest Books
Pub. Date
1997
Language
English
Description
A retelling of a Native American legend about Coyote's love for a beautiful blue star, which resulted in the creation of Crater Lake, Oregon.
Author
Series
Publisher
Millbrook Press
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes how coyote and five other animals, tired of winter, were able to steal summer from Old Woman, but when summer breaks out and they are finally caught, coyote and Old Woman agree to split summer for half a year between them