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Book cover of 13 MOONS ON TURTLE'S BACK
13 MOONS ON TURTLE'S BACK
By: joseph bruchac | Published: January 2002

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

Theme: Indigenous

  • ISBN
    9780698115842
  • Binding
    Paperback
  • Category
    Traditional Single Stories - The Americas
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Book cover of AMAJURJUK
AMAJURJUK
By: levi illuitok | Published: April 2022

In this traditional Inuit story, a father must find and rescue his child from the lair of this ogress.

Theme: Indigenous

  • ISBN
    9781772274318
  • Binding
    Paperback Canadian
  • Category
    Traditional Single Stories - The Americas
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Book cover of ARROW TO THE SUN
ARROW TO THE SUN
By: gerald mcdermott | Published: January 1977

An expression of the universal myth of the hero-quest, this beautiful story also portrays the Indian reverence for the source of life: the Solar...

An expression of the universal myth of the hero-quest, this beautiful story also portrays the Indian reverence for the source of life: the Solar Fire. Vibrant full-color illustrations capture the boldness and color of Pueblo art. A Caldecott Medal Book

  • ISBN
    9780140502114
  • Binding
    Paperback
  • Category
    Traditional Single Stories - The Americas
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Book cover of DAN AUTA - AN AFRICAN TALE
DAN AUTA - AN AFRICAN TALE
By: jose gasset | Published: October 2022

Kids 9 to 12 will laugh out loud while reading this adventurous graphic novel, which brings an African folk tale to life for a new audience. When...

Kids 9 to 12 will laugh out loud while reading this adventurous graphic novel, which brings an African folk tale to life for a new audience. When Sarra's parents die, they leave her with an important warning: never let Dan Auta, her little brother, cry. But Dan Auta loves to make trouble. He hitches a ride on the back of a bird, pokes the eye of the king's son, and even pees on the king's head. Making sure he doesn't cry is much harder than Sarra thought! But Dan Auta's unbridled curiosity and determination may be exactly what everyone needs: a terrible monster called the Dodo is attacking the city... and Dan Auta is the only one with the courage to take him on. Dan Auta features: A delightful celebration of mischief and bravery A portrait of the extraordinary things kids are capable of when they follow their own paths Lively illustrations from renowned illustrator Piet Grobler Supplementary material that explains the folk tale's significance, including a note from an Eritrean translator

Theme: Diversity

  • ISBN
    9781771647717
  • Binding
    Hardcover
  • Category
    Traditional Single Stories - The Americas
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Book cover of GRIM GRUNT & GRIZZLE-TAIL
GRIM GRUNT & GRIZZLE-TAIL
By: fran parnell | Published: September 2017

A frustrated king flies into a rage and turns his mischievous daughters into oranges. The gruesome monsters Grim and Grunt decide they'd like to get...

A frustrated king flies into a rage and turns his mischievous daughters into oranges. The gruesome monsters Grim and Grunt decide they'd like to get their hands on the princesses, and bully their little brother, Grizzle-Tail, into stealing the girls. Who will rescue the princesses from the monsters' clutches?

  • ISBN
    9781782858461
  • Binding
    Paperback
  • Category
    Traditional Single Stories - The Americas
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Book cover of HOW THINGS CAME TO BE
HOW THINGS CAME TO BE
By: emily fiegenschuh | Published: October 2019

This beautiful compendium of tales shares eight classic Inuit creation stories from the Baffin region. From the origins of day and night, thunder and...

This beautiful compendium of tales shares eight classic Inuit creation stories from the Baffin region. From the origins of day and night, thunder and lightning, and the sun and the moon to the creation of the first caribou and source of all the Arctic’s fearful storms, this book recounts traditional Inuit legends in the poetic and engaging style of authors Rachel and Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley.

Theme: Inuit, Indigenous

  • ISBN
    9781772272598
  • Binding
    Paperback Canadian
  • Category
    Traditional Single Stories - The Americas
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Book cover of HUNGRY WOLF
HUNGRY WOLF
By: lari don | Published: January 2006

As a fluffy young lamb becomes a fully grown sheep, she continues to outwit a hungry wolf.

  • ISBN
    9781782858362
  • Binding
    Paperback
  • Category
    Traditional Single Stories - The Americas
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Book cover of JOURNEY TO THE MOTHER OF THE SEA
JOURNEY TO THE MOTHER OF THE SEA
By: maliaraq veboek | Published: October 2019

The sea animals have disappeared, and people are starving. An old couple, once great shamans, are asked to journey to the Mother of the Sea to find...

The sea animals have disappeared, and people are starving. An old couple, once great shamans, are asked to journey to the Mother of the Sea to find out what happened to the animals. But the journey is dangerous and the old woman does not know if she will be able to please the Mother of the Sea and convince her to free the animals the people of her community so desperately need. The Mother of the Sea is an important character in Inuit traditional stories shared across the circumpolar region. Known by many names across various regions of the Arctic, the Mother of the Sea is a powerful woman who can withhold the animals humans need to survive if she is displeased by human behaviour. Only a shaman is able to appease the Mother of the Sea and convince her to release the animals that the hunters so desperately need. This tale shares the specific traditional story of the Mother of the Sea told and retold in Greenland for generations.

Theme: Inuit, Indigenous

  • ISBN
    9781772272512
  • Binding
    Hardcover
  • Category
    Traditional Single Stories - The Americas
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Book cover of LEGEND OF THE POINSETTIA
LEGEND OF THE POINSETTIA
By: tomie depaola | Published: April 2002

When Lucida is unable to finish her gift for the Baby Jesus in time for the Christmas procession, a miracle enables her to offer the beautiful flower...

When Lucida is unable to finish her gift for the Baby Jesus in time for the Christmas procession, a miracle enables her to offer the beautiful flower we now call the poinsettia.

  • ISBN
    9780698115675
  • Binding
    Paperback
  • Category
    Traditional Single Stories - The Americas
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Book cover of LEGEND OF THUNDER & LIGHTNING
LEGEND OF THUNDER & LIGHTNING
By: paula rumbolt | Published: May 2013

On the 2014 CLA Book of the Year for Children Award shortlist In The Legend of Thunder and Lightning, a traditional legend that has been told in the...

On the 2014 CLA Book of the Year for Children Award shortlist In The Legend of Thunder and Lightning, a traditional legend that has been told in the Kivalliq region of Nunavut for centuries, two siblings resort to stealing from their fellow villagers. In this tale of guilt and consequence, the actions of the two children lead them to flee punishment by escaping to the sky as thunder and lightning. This beautifully illustrated traditional legend weaves together elements of an origin story and a traditional cautionary tale, giving young readers an accessible window into centuries-old Inuit mythology that is specific to the Kivalliq region of Nunavut.

Theme: Inuit

  • ISBN
    9781927095287
  • Binding
    Hardcover Canadian
  • Category
    Traditional Single Stories - The Americas
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Book cover of ON THE SHOULDER OF A GIANT
ON THE SHOULDER OF A GIANT
By: neil christopher | Published: April 2015

This pan-Arctic Inuit legend, which tells the story of a friendly giant, is lightheartedly retold, featuring sweeping illustrations. Inukpak was...

This pan-Arctic Inuit legend, which tells the story of a friendly giant, is lightheartedly retold, featuring sweeping illustrations. Inukpak was big, even for a giant. He loved to walk across the tundra, striding over the widest rivers and wading through the deepest lakes. He could walk across the Arctic in just a few days. But being so big, and travelling so far, Inukpak was often alone. Until one day when he came across a little hunter on the tundra. Thinking that the hunter was a little boy alone on the land, Inukpak decided to adopt him. And so, from the shoulder of one of the biggest giants to ever roam the Arctic, this hunter experiences the world from Inukpak's perspective.

Theme: Inuit, Indigenous

  • ISBN
    9781772270020
  • Binding
    Hardcover Canadian
  • Category
    Traditional Single Stories - The Americas
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Book cover of ROUGH FACE GIRL
ROUGH FACE GIRL
By: rafe martin | Published: January 2002

From Algonquin Indian folklore comes a powerful, haunting rendition of Cinderella.  In a village by the shores of Lake Ontario lived an invisible...

From Algonquin Indian folklore comes a powerful, haunting rendition of Cinderella.  In a village by the shores of Lake Ontario lived an invisible being. All the young women wanted to marry him because he was rich, powerful, and supposedly very handsome. But to marry the invisible being the women had to prove to his sister that they had seen him. And none had been able to get past the sister's stern, all-knowing gaze. Then came the Rough-Face girl, scarred from working by the fire. Could she succeed where her beautiful, cruel sisters had failed?

  • ISBN
    9780698116269
  • Binding
    Paperback
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    Traditional Single Stories - The Americas
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Book cover of RULER OF THE SPRINGS
RULER OF THE SPRINGS
By: mary finch | Published: March 2020

A brave young princess sets out on a dangerous adventure to rescue her mother and her infant son. This illustrated chapter book retelling of a...

A brave young princess sets out on a dangerous adventure to rescue her mother and her infant son. This illustrated chapter book retelling of a folktale from Brazil is available individually and as part of the Stories from around the World: 4 Tales of Persistence & Grit set.

  • ISBN
    9781782858430
  • Binding
    Paperback
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    Traditional Single Stories - The Americas
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Book cover of SOOTFACE
SOOTFACE
By: robert sansouci | Published: September 1997

Once, an Ojibwa man whose wife had died raised three daughters alone. The two older girls were lazy and bad-tempered, and made their youngest sister...

Once, an Ojibwa man whose wife had died raised three daughters alone. The two older girls were lazy and bad-tempered, and made their youngest sister do all the work. When the flames from the cooking fire singed her hair or burned her skin, they laughed and called her Sootface. While she worked, Sootface dreamed that one day she would find a husband. Then a mighty warrior with the power to make himself invisible decides to marry. Only a woman with a kind and honest heart could see him, and be his bride. Though her sisters ridicule her, Sootface sets off to try her luck, never looking back. Her courage and good nature bring her the husband she has longed for.

Theme: Indigenous

  • ISBN
    9780440413639
  • Binding
    Paperback
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    Traditional Single Stories - The Americas
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Book cover of TALE OF 3 TREES
TALE OF 3 TREES
By: angela hunt | Published: September 1989

  • ISBN
    9780745917436
  • Binding
    Hardcover
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    Traditional Single Stories - The Americas
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