Download or read book How Coyote Stole the Summer written by and published by First Avenue Editions. This book was released on 2009-08-01 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes how coyote and five other animals, tired of winter, were able to steal summer from Old Woman, but when summer breaks out and they are finally caught, coyote and Old Woman agree to split summer for half a year between them.
Download or read book Coyote Steals the Summer written by John Heath and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WHAT IT IS: This fun musical play helps you teach the standards while bringing your classroom to life! Easy-to-do play comes with script, audio CD, and teacher's guide. NO music or drama experience is required¿you don't have to sing or play a note! Go big and perform on stage, keep it simple with a classroom performance, or simply do reader's theater in class. No fancy sets, costumes, or performance spaces are needed, so it's all up to you! Flexible casting for 8-40 students and permission to edit the script and songs make it easy to tailor the play to the needs of your class and community. Your purchase of one copy per teacher includes permission to photocopy the script for students. /// WHAT IT TEACHES: Oh, no! Summer is trapped inside a tipi at the snow's edge! "Coyote Steals the Summer" reveals how Coyote rescues Summer and earns his famous gift of trickery as a reward. This delightful story from the Crow Nation is a wonderful way to introduce students to Native American cultures and folk tales from around the world. 15 minutes; grades 1-4. /// WHAT IT DOES: "Coyote Steals the Summer" is a great complement to your curriculum resources in language arts. And, like all Bad Wolf Press plays, this show can be used to improve reading comprehension, vocabulary, performance and speaking skills, class camaraderie and teamwork, and school engagement and parental involvement¿all while enabling students to be part of a truly fun and creative experience they will never forget!
Download or read book Coyote Summer written by Mimi Thebo and published by Oxford University Press - Children. This book was released on 2017-06-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sometimes I get that feeling like everyone can see right through me. Like all my secrets and thoughts and things I don't want anyone to see are hanging all over me. My mum has exiled me; sent me halfway across the world to live with her sister in Kansas. Have you ever been to Kansas? The emptiness is overwhelming. Everyone thinks I'm a failure. But then he sees me. The coyote, eyes golden and wild. And I guess it's because someone's watching me, but I start to dance. With hauntingly-beautiful writing from Mimi Thebo, author of Dreaming the Bear, Coyote Summer will stay with you long after you put the book down.
Download or read book Coyote Summer written by W. Michael Gear and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1999-02-15 with total page 677 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richard Hamilton's Eastern education hadn't prepared him for the hard reality of life beyond the frontier. In his search for Heals Like a Willow, a Shoshoni medicine woman, Richard is about to learn that the desperate quest for love and illumination will come at a terrible price. Reissue.
Download or read book COYOTE SUMMER written by Janie Quinn Storck and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-10-01 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shy, small-for-his-age, twelve-year-old Gary Ryan, from Ohio, is spending the summer with his gruff grandmother in far-off Idaho. She owns a sheep ranch and is tending the sheep herself this summer. At first, Gary wishes he had never come. Then he discovers an injured coyote and meets Indus, a mysterious, young, Native American man, and Gary's summer changes from anxiety into mystery and magic. He develops a love for the spirit, freedom, and beauty of the West, along with learning about the stars and the coyote's habits. He hears comical, Native American coyote stories from Indus. Gary keeps secret his involvement with the coyote from his grandmother, until the day he realizes that he must be honest. And who is Indus? He appears and disappears as if by magic. Is he the young Native American in the legend Gary hears about? Gary discovers he's braver than he thought he was in the face of several dangers. And he returns to Ohio at the end of the summer a different boy.
Download or read book Can You Tell a Coyote from a Wolf written by Buffy Silverman and published by Lerner Publications. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A doglike animal chases a rabbit in the dark. It pauses, howls at the moon, and then runs off with the rest of its pack. Did you just see a wolf? Or was it a coyote? These animals look very similar, but they are different. Read this book to become an expert at telling these look-alikes apart!
Download or read book Little Herder in Spring in Summer written by Ann Nolan Clark and published by . This book was released on 1950 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book World Mythology written by David Seal and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2021-08-16 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mythology and religious-studies teachers will appreciate World Mythology for its thematic approach, historical background information, commentary, and discussion questions provided for each myth from a range of geographic regions. For the same reasons, any reader interested in mythology will enjoy the contents and format of the book.
Download or read book Pecos Bill written by Stephen Krensky and published by Millbrook Press. This book was released on 2006-08-01 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Folks might think Pecos Bill was nothing but trouble. After all, he was raised by coyotes in the Wild West. And he made friends with a gang of outlaws. But Bill had a heart of gold. All he wanted was to be the best cowboy. So Bill learned to ride a mountain lion and lasso a tornado. He found himself a dynamite-eating horse. Then he met his match in a girl named Sue. Author Stephen Krensky and illustrator Paul Tong capture Pecos Bill’s spirit in this fast-paced tale.
Download or read book Native American Mythology A to Z written by Patricia Ann Lynch and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Features over four hundred entries that explore such topics as the core beliefs of various tribes, creation accounts, and recurrent themes throughout North American native cultures. The beliefs of many Native American peoples emphasize a close relationship between people and the natural world, including geographical features such as mountains and lakes, and animals such as whales and bison. Therefore, many of the myths of these peoples are stories of strange occurrences where animals or forces of nature and people interact. These stories are full of vitality and have captured the attention of young people, in many cases, for centuries. Native American Mythology A to Z presents detailed coverage of the deities, legendary heroes and heroines, important animals, objects, and places that make up the mythic lore of the many peoples of North America from northern Mexico into the Arctic Circle. A comprehensive reference written for young people and illustrated throughout, this volume brings to life many Native American myths, traditions, and beliefs. Offering an in depth look at various aspects of Native American myths that are often left unexplained in other books on the subject, this book is a valuable tool for anyone interested in learning more about various Native American cultures. Coverage includes creation accounts from many Native American cultures; influences on and development of Native American mythology; the effects of geographic region, environment, and climate on myths; core beliefs of numerous tribes; recurrent themes in myths throughout the continent. The beliefs of many Native American peoples emphasize a close relationship between people and the natural world.
Download or read book Bokuden and the Bully written by Stephen Krensky and published by First Avenue Editions. This book was released on 2009-08-01 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Relates how Bokuden Tsukahara, the greatest swordsman of sixteenth-century Japan, deals with a boastful, bullying warrior during a ferry ride across a great river.
Download or read book Coyote Moon written by John Vornholt and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1998 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Or has the Slayer become the prey?
Download or read book What Is a Folktale written by Geoff Barker and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 1900-01-01 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This enchanting book delves into the history of folktales, or stories made up by peoples around the world to teach important values to their children. Traditional folktales from a variety of Native American communities and distant countries such as India and Botswana are all presented to show the commonalities shared by such diverse cultures in their classic stories. Artwork and paintings illustrate the tales, while textboxes explain important terms that are also defined in the glossary. As a part of the Common Core standards, understanding folktales is an essential skill for students—one they can develop with the help of the narrative and examples herein.
Download or read book The Chocolate Tree written by and published by Millbrook Press. This book was released on 2008-09-01 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The god Kukulkan decides to give the Mayan people the gift of chocolate, the favorite food of the gods, but when Kukulkan 's brother Night Jaguar tells the other gods what he has done Kukulkan is banned from paradise forever.
Download or read book Journal of American Folklore written by and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 692 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Wherever You Are written by Nancy Tillman and published by Feiwel & Friends. This book was released on 2010-09-14 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: . . . I wanted you more than you'll ever know, so I sent love to follow wherever you go. . . . Love is the greatest gift we have to give our children. It's the one thing they can carry with them each and every day. If love could take shape it might look something like these heartfelt words and images from the inimitable Nancy Tillman. Wherever You Are is a book to share with your loved ones, no matter how near or far, young or old, they are.
Download or read book Native American Mythology A to Z written by Facts On File, Incorporated and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents detailed coverage of the deities, legendary heroes and heroines, important animals, objects, and places that make up the mythic lore of the many peoples of North America.
