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Raven: A Trickster Tale from the Pacific Northwest by Gerald Mcdermott Publisher Comments Raven, the trickster, wants to give people the gift of light. But can he find out where Sky Chief keeps it? And if he does, will he be able to escape without being discovered? His dream seems impossible, but if anyone can find a way to bring light to the... (read more) List Price $7.00 Your price: $3.98 Sale - Trade Paper add to wish list |
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The Legend of the Bluebonnet by Tomie De Paola Publisher Comments When a killing drought threatens the existence of the tribe, a courageous little Comanche girl sacrifices her most beloved possession--and the Great Spirit's answer results not only in much needed rain but a very special gift in return. "An ideal... (read more) List Price $6.99 Your price: $3.98 Sale - Trade Paper add to wish list |
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Neeluk: An Eskimo Boy in the Days of the Whaling Ships by Frances Kittredge Publisher Comments Weaving history, art, and literature, these stories follow a young Inupiat Eskimo boy through a year of his life at the turn of the last century.... (read more) List Price $11.95 Your price: $3.95 Sale - Trade Paper add to wish list |
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Native American Stories (Myths and Legends) by Joseph Bruchac Publisher Comments Native American Stories is a collection of myths drawn from the native cultures of North America—from the Inuit in the north to the Zuni, Hopi and Cherokee in the south. A common thread throughout these stories is the native view of the world as... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $2.95 Used - Trade Paper add to wish list |
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Trickster: Native American Tales: A Graphic Collection by Matt Dembicki Publisher Comments All cultures have tales of the trickster — a crafty creature or being who uses cunning to get food, steal precious possessions, or simply cause mischief. He disrupts the order of things, often humiliating others and sometimes himself. In Native... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $15.95 Used - Trade Paper add to wish list |
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Hawk, I'm Your Brother by Byrd Baylor Publisher Comments A Caldecott Honor Book An Ala Notable... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper add to wish list |
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Arctic Adventure: Inuit Life in the 1800s by Dana Meachen Rau Publisher Comments While visiting the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., four contemporary children are transported back in time through the power of their imaginations to experience history firsthand!<BR>-- Stories creatively juxtapose modern-day kids with... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $4.50 Used - Hardcover add to wish list |
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The Eye of the Needle by Teri Sloat Publisher Comments Sent out to hunt by his grand-mother, hungry Amik can't resist tasting his catch. The more he catches, the more he eats, until he can no longer fit through the door.... (read more) List Price $11.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper add to wish list |
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Crow & Weasel by Barry Holstun Lopez Publisher Comments "A brilliantly written and totally original New World adventure." - Jean Craighead George Long ago, when people and animals spoke the same language, two young men left their tribe to make an adventurous voyage through the wilderness, into the unknown... (read more) List Price $9.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Hardcover add to wish list |
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Coyote Places the Stars (Aladdin Picture Books) by Harriet Peck Taylor Publisher Comments Coyote arranges the stars in the shapes of his animal friends.... (read more) List Price $6.99 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper add to wish list |
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Ghost Hands by T A Barron Publisher Comments When T. A. Barron visited the Patagonian Cave of Hands and saw a footprint inside the cave, he knew there was a story there. And so he created the story of Auki, a young boy who knows he's ready to be a hunter, even though his father says he's not old... (read more) List Price $18.99 Your price: $12.95 Used - Hardcover add to wish list |
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Ledgerbook Thomas Blue Eagle by Jewel H Grutman Publisher Comments Inspired by the richly detailed picture stories of the Plains Indians--sometimes drawn on ruled ledgers--this book is a visual feast that introduces children to pictographic art. This fictional account, based on historical fact, tells of a young Sioux... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover add to wish list |
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Spirits, Fairies, and Merpeople: Native Stories of Other Worlds by Cj Taylor Publisher Comments From the heartbreaking Mikmaq story of Minnow, a mermaid in the Atlantic who must choose between two worlds to that of Water Lily and her five brothers, told by the Coos in British Columbia, creatures that inhabit fantastic realms appear in many First... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $12.95 Used - Hardcover add to wish list |
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All the Stars in the Sky: Native Stories from the Heavens by C J Taylor Publisher Comments The heavens — the sun, the stars, and the moon — have inspired, intrigued, and mystified us from the beginning of time. Weve always searched for ways to comprehend their beauty and their meaning. Mohawk artist and author C. J. Taylor... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $4.98 Used - Hardcover add to wish list |
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The Good Rainbow Road by Simon Ortiz Publisher Comments This is the story of two courageous boys and of how they saved their village. Their village is called Haapaahnitse, Oak Place, and it lies at the foot of a mountain. Once there was a lake and a stream nearby, but they have dried up. Once rain and snow... (read more) List Price $10.95 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper add to wish list |
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Skywoman: Legends of the Iroquois by Joanne Shenandoah Publisher Comments Two Native American writers tell nine stories about how the world was created, about their own ancestors, animals, and nature, about the lessons of the Creator and the great Iroquois Peacemaker. These Iroquois legends embody traditional wisdom and... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover add to wish list |
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Coyote Steals the Blanket by Janet Stevens Publisher Comments Clever coyote gets his comeuppance when he tries to steal.... (read more) Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper add to wish list |
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Go Home, River by James Magdanz Publisher Comments When I was young, I lived beside a wild river. The river was always going somewhere, and I never tired of watching it. My mother told me the river began in the mountains to the north and ended in the ocean to the west. But this I had never seen. Rivers... (read more) List Price $8.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper add to wish list |
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The girl who swam with the fish :an Athabascan legend by Renner Publisher Comments A young Athabascan girl wonders what it would be like to be a fish. Suddenly, she finds herself on a watery odyssey as she learns about the salmon's journey from stream to ocean and back again.... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $5.50 Used - Hardcover add to wish list |
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Stones, Bones and Stitches: Storytelling Through Inuit Art by Shelley Falconer Publisher Comments Did you know? -Cape Dorset boasts the largest number of artists per capita in Canada (22.7 percent almost one-quarter of the labor force and thirty times the national average!) -The word Eskimo is a derogatory term meaning “eaters of raw flesh... (read more) Your price: $22.95 New - Hardcover add to wish list |