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Title: Grandmother Spider Brings the Sun: A Cherokee Story by Geri Keams, James Bernadin, James Bernardin ISBN: 0873586948 Publisher: Rising Moon Pub. Date: June, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.2
Rating: 5
Summary: Grandmother Spider Brings the Sun
Comment: This is a wonderful telling of a truly Cherokee tale. Most stories written after the oral tradition can be a litte stale. Keams avoids this by modernizing the language for her younger readers. The Coyote, btw, comes from the Western Cherokee, after the removal. I was told this story as a child by my Western Cherokee Grandfather with the Coyote, and by my Eastern Tribes Grandmother without it. It would be correct either way. All in all, a wonderful retelling.
Rating: 4
Summary: Wonderful to Read Aloud
Comment: This marvelous story of how tiny and ancient Grandmothe Spider successfully brings the sun, something larger and more spritely animals before her could not accomplish, was written to be read aloud. Instead of the usual stereotypical "ancient legend storyelling" literary style we often see with retelling of traditional tales, this legend is refreshingly written in a colloquial manner. This style, as well as the two-page layout with text on one side, makes this an excellent book to read aloud. The textures and colors and expressive animal illustrations can be shown to their best advantage. My boys love all the animal pictures, the humor, and the exciting fire-spouting Sun Guard monsters! We return again and again to see and hear the sweet-faced but proud and determined Grandma Spider as she demonstrates why she is so respected and revered.
Rating: 1
Summary: But it is NOT Cherokee
Comment: This could have been a good book except for the fact that the author claimed it is Cherokee. Cherokee stories do not have coyote as a character. The author should perhaps stick to Navajo stories from her own heritage, or relate stories from other cultures more accurately.
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Title: Many Nations: An Alphabet of Native America (International Reading Association Teacher's Choice Award) by Bruchac ISBN: 0816744602 Publisher: Troll Assoc Pub. Date: September, 1998 List Price(USD): $5.95 |
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Title: The Star Maiden: An Ojibway Tale by Barbara Juster Esbensen ISBN: 0316249556 Publisher: Little Brown & Co (Juv Pap) Pub. Date: September, 1991 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: How the Stars Fell into the Sky : A Navajo Legend by Lisa Desimini, Jerrie Oughton ISBN: 0395779383 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: March, 1996 List Price(USD): $5.95 |
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Title: Dragonfly's Tale by Kristina Rodanas ISBN: 0395720761 Publisher: Clarion Books Pub. Date: March, 1995 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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Title: Rain Is Not My Indian Name by Cynthia Leitich Smith, Lori Early ISBN: 0688173977 Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: July, 2001 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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