How Chipmunk Got Tiny Feet: Native American Animal Origin Stories Long ago animals could walk and talk like human beings.. These seven animal-origin stories, drawn from Koasati Creek, Navajo, and Tsimshian traditions, explain how animals went through difficult life lessons and with Mother Earth's help cam
| TITLE | : | How Chipmunk Got Tiny Feet: Native American Animal Origin Stories |
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| RATING | : | 4.71 (824 Votes) |
| ASIN | : | 0060229063 |
| FORMAT TYPE | : | Hardcover |
| NUMBER of PAGES | : | 41 Pages |
| PUBLISH DATE | : | 0000-00-00 |
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Long ago animals could walk and talk like human beings. They were not at all as they appear today. These seven animal-origin stories, drawn from Koasati Creek, Navajo, and Tsimshian traditions, explain how animals went through difficult life lessons and with Mother Earth's help came to be the animals we know today.
EDITORIAL :
From Publishers Weekly Hausman's (Turtle Island ABC) retelling of seven Navajo, Koasati Creek and Tsimshian tales is a standout in an increasingly crowded genre. His tone is casual and unpretentious, his rhythm and pacing impeccable. Because the stories all feature animals that in each tribe "are thought of as people," they offer many subtle lessons about human behavior. In "How Horse Got Fast," slow-footed Horse kindly waits for a poky caterpillar to cross his path. The caterpillar, who then changes into a butterfly, rewards Horse with swiftness rivaling his own. Most stories include a visit by beneficent Mother Earth, who rights wrongs and fosters harmony. Using her customary linoleum block prints painted with watercolors, Wolff (A Year of Beasts; A Year of Birds) strikingly combines detailed Native American borders with her almost classical, storybook-style illustrations-a fitting ble
REVIEW :
As the animals talk among themselves, they determine they must take action to save themselves. Even if the situation is bad, I can be prepared so we can at least cope. That's only because I can't give a higher rating than that.
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