A retelling of twenty-two legends about the creation of the world from a variety of California Indian tribes. Author: Curry, Jane Louise Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0689504101 ISBN-13: 9780689504105..
While praying beneath a bare cherry tree, a branch covered with ripe, red cherries drops on the head of the impoverished Sir Cleges, setting off a chain of wonderful consequences in a Christmas story based on a fifteenth-century tale. Author: Curry, Jane Louise Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Bindi..
Do people everywhere have the same, or even compatible, ideas about multiculturalism, indigenous rights or women's rights The authors of this book move beyond the traditional terms of the universalism versus cultural relativism debate. Through detailed case studies from around the world (Hawaii, Fr..
When Ebb can't get his Mom or Bird to play with him, he heads to the beach and finds a baby seal to keep him company, yet at the end of the day, the baby seal appears lost and needs the help of Ebb and his mother to get him back home. Author: Simmons, Jane Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books Bind..
Many elementary students today have a reading and speaking vocabulary far below what is expected and necessary for their grade level. For the Love of Words offers teachers a practical and systematic instructional framework for helping students overcome “the vocabulary gap” so they can succeed academ..
Filled with wit and wisdom, a collection of twenty-six tales, culled from fourteen different tribes of Texas and the Southern Plains, includes the Tejas story, in which the origins of the universe are revealed, and the Lipan-Apache tale, in which a tiny lizard outsmarts a hungry coyote. Author: Curr..
Explores issues that arise in the advanced stages of spiritual direction from both a practical and theoretical perspective. † Author: Ruffing RSM, Janet K. Publisher: Paulist Press Binding: Paperback Language: English ISBN-10: 0809139588 ISBN-13: 9780809139583..
Black-and-white illustrations enhance this diverse collection of twenty-eight Native American tales from the tribes of the Southeast, including Cherokee, Choctow, Seminole, and Cree. Author: Curry, Jane Louise Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0689835957 ..
The author of Back in the Beforetime: Tales of the California Indians provides a collection of stories that capture the triumphs of the heroes and the magic of the people of the Algonquian tribes. Author: Curry, Jane Louise Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-1..
You have to write! It's a class assignment. But you have nothing to write about. All the other kids seem to have something to tell because they start in right away. What can you do Stop and think. No one else can tell your stories -- about your family, your dog or cat. No one else can tell how it w..