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1) How Chipmunk got his stripes: a tale of bragging and teasing

Author

Bruchac, Joseph

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1

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When Bear and Brown Squirrel have a disagreement about whether Bear can stop the sun from rising, Brown Squirrel ends up with claw marks on his back and becomes Chipmunk, the striped one.

2) The robin's red breast: an Iroquois Indian legend

Author

Dolan, Ellen M

Series

Milliken's children's classics

Publisher

Milliken Pub. Co

Pub. Date

c1987

Description

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A retelling of an Iroquois legend explaining how the robin got its red breast while helping a young hunter survive a time of cold and hunger.

3) Thirteen moons on turtle's back: a Native American year of moons

Author

Bruchac, Joseph

Pub. Date

1992

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1

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Celebrates the seasons of the year through poems from the legends of such Native American tribes as the Cherokee, Cree, and Sioux.

4) Keepers of the earth: native American stories and environmental activities for children

Author

Caduto, Michael J

Publisher

Fulcrum

Pub. Date

1988

Description

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A selection of traditional tales from various Indian peoples, each accompanied by instructions for related activities dealing with aspects of the environment.

5) Mole's hill: a woodland tale

Author

Ehlert, Lois

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IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1

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When Fox tells Mole she must move out of her tunnel to make way for a new path, Mole finds an ingenious way to save her home.

6) Legend of the lady slipper: an Ojibwe tale

Author

Lunge-Larsen, Lise

Publisher

Houghton Mifflin

Pub. Date

1999

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1

7) Native American art and folklore: a cultural celebration

Publisher

Distributed by Outlet Book Co

Pub. Date

c1993

8) Coyote places the stars

Author

Taylor, Harriet Peck

Publisher

Aladdin Paperbacks

Pub. Date

1997

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1

Description

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Coyote arranges the stars in the shapes of his animal friends.

9) The telling of the world: Native American stories and art

Publisher

Stewart, Tabori & Chang

Pub. Date

1996

10) North American Indians: with illustrations from drawings and famous paintings

Author

Spence, Lewis

Series

Myths and legends

Publisher

Avenel Books

Pub. Date

1986, c1985

11) Turkey's gift to the people

Author

Rucki, Ani

Publisher

Scholastic Inc

Pub. Date

1992

Description

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When a great wall of water threatens to destroy them, the animals band together to save themselves, but is the turkey who remembers to save the seeds that they will need to rebuild their lives.

12) The boy who lived with the seals

Author

Martin, Rafe

Publisher

G.P. Putnam's Sons

Pub. Date

c1993

Description

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A lost boy who has grown up in the sea with seals returns to his tribe but is strangely changed.

13) Rabbit's wish for snow: a Native American legend

Author

Tchin

Series

Hello reader. Level 2

Publisher

Scholastic

Pub. Date

c1997

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1

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Retells the Native American folktale which explains how rabbits came to look as they do today.

14) The rough-face girl

Author

Martin, Rafe

Publisher

Puffin Books

Pub. Date

1992

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1

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In this Algonquin Indian version of the Cinderella story, the Rough-Face Girl and her two beautiful but heartless sisters compete for the affections of the Invisible Being.

15) The first strawberries: a Cherokee story

Author

Bruchac, Joseph

Series

Picture Puffins

Publisher

Puffin Books

Pub. Date

1998, c1993

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1

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A quarrel between the first man and the first woman is reconciled when the Sun causes strawberries to grow out of the earth.

16) How thunder and lightning came to be: a Choctaw legend

Author

Harrell, Beatrice Orcutt

Publisher

Dial Books for Young Readers

Pub. Date

c1995

Description

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Two very large and silly birds accidentally create thunder and lightning as a way to warn the Choctaw people of coming rainstorms.

17) Coyote walks on two legs: a book of Navajo myths and legends

Author

Hausman, Gerald

Publisher

Philomel Books

Pub. Date

1993

Description

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A collection of Navajo legends featuring the trickster character, Coyote.

18) The leaves of autumn: an Oneida Indian legend

Author

Dolan, Ellen M

Series

Milliken's children's classics

Publisher

Milliken Pub. Co

Pub. Date

c1987

Description

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An Oneida Indian legend explains the origin of the autumn season.

19) Legends of landforms: Native American lore and the geology of the land

Author

Vogel, Carole Garbuny

Publisher

Millbrook Press

Pub. Date

c1999

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 3

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Presents the stories csreated by various native peoples to explain such natural wonders as the Hot Springs of Arkansas, the Grand Canyon, Horsehoe Falls at Niagara Falls, Crater Lake, and the Hawaiian Islands.

20) Anpao: an American Indian odyssey

Author

Highwater, Jamake

Publisher

HarperCollins

Pub. Date

1992, 1977

Accelerated Reader

IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 9

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Traditional tales from North American Indian tribes woven into one story that relates the adventures of one boy as he grows to manhood.

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1) How Chipmunk got his stripes: a tale of bragging and teasing

2) The robin's red breast: an Iroquois Indian legend

3) Thirteen moons on turtle's back: a Native American year of moons

4) Keepers of the earth: native American stories and environmental activities for children

5) Mole's hill: a woodland tale

6) Legend of the lady slipper: an Ojibwe tale

7) Native American art and folklore: a cultural celebration

8) Coyote places the stars

9) The telling of the world: Native American stories and art

10) North American Indians: with illustrations from drawings and famous paintings

11) Turkey's gift to the people

12) The boy who lived with the seals

13) Rabbit's wish for snow: a Native American legend

14) The rough-face girl

15) The first strawberries: a Cherokee story

16) How thunder and lightning came to be: a Choctaw legend

17) Coyote walks on two legs: a book of Navajo myths and legends

18) The leaves of autumn: an Oneida Indian legend

19) Legends of landforms: Native American lore and the geology of the land

20) Anpao: an American Indian odyssey

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