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The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses
by Paul Goble  
Publisher Comments Goble's Caldecott Medal-winning book tells the story of a young Native American girl who is devoted to the care of her tribe's horses. With simple text and brilliant illustrations, Goble reveals how she eventually becomes one of them to forever run free....
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Heckedy Peg
by Audrey Wood Publisher Comments In this story, seven sweet children are transformed by an evil witch into specific types of food. The inherent drama of the story, combined with the haunting images the art provides, gives the picture book a timeless quality...
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The Bunyans
by Audrey Wood Publisher Comments Meet the Bunyan family--Paul, his giant wife Carrie, and their two king-sized children Little Jean and Teeny. As they frolic through early America, their footprints and adventures carve out infamous sites from the Rocky Mountains and Niagara Falls to...
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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle (Dover Children's Thrift Classics)
by Washington Irving Publisher Comments Ichabod Crane faces the terror of the Headless Horseman, and Rip Van Winkle rises from a 20-year sleep to find a world vastly changed in these two delightful classics of American literature....
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Sing Down the Rain
by Judi Moreillon Publisher Comments The author and illustrator capture the rhythms of the desert and the spirit of the Tohono O'odham people in a poem designed for choral reading....
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The Gift of the Sacred Dog (Reading Rainbow Book)
by Paul Goble Publisher Comments A brave boy goes into the hills and prays for help for his people. A rider on a magnificent animal comes to him and says: "This animal is called the Sacred Dog. He can do many things your dogs can do and also more...He is as the wind: gentle but...
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Why Buffalo Roam
by L. Michael Kershen Publisher Comments An original tale in the Comanche oral tradition written by a ten-year-old boy and illustrated in full-color by a gifted Cherokee artist. Telling how buffalo came to be, the story underscores courage and compassion and pays homage to the Native American...
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The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush
by Tomie Depaola Publisher Comments In spring, the hills and meadows of Texas and Wyoming are ablaze with the reds, oranges, and yellows of the Indian Paintbrush. How this striking plant received its name is told in an old Indian legend. Many years ago, when the People traveled the...
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Indian Why Stories
by Frank B Linderman Publisher Comments Delightful fables offer explanations of "Why the Chipmunk's Back is Striped," "How the Otter Skin Became Great Medicine," "How the Man Found His Mate," and "Why Blackfeet Never Kill Mice," more. 32 illustrations....
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Rip Van Winkle
by Irving Publisher Comments A retelling of the tale in which a man who sleeps for 20 years in the Catskill Mountains wakes to a much-changed world. Full-color folk art....
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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
by Washington Irving and Gris Grimly Publisher Comments Are all the lights on? Is there a parent in the house? Are the windows shut and locked? Double-check! They HAVE to be if you are going to read this book, which is undoubtedly the scariest rendition of one of the greatest ghost stories ever told...
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Arrow to the Sun: A Pueblo Indian Tale (Picture Puffins)
by Gerald Mcdermott
Publisher Comments 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....
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North American Indian Tales (Dover Children's Thrift Classics)
by W. T. Larned Publisher Comments Charming collection of 7 authentic Indian tales told by Iagoo the storyteller. Includes "The Little Boy and Girl in the Clouds," "The Child of the Evening Star," "The Boy Who Snared the Sun," "How the Summer Came," "Grasshopper," and 3 others. 29 new...
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The Boy Who Made Dragonfly: A Zuni Myth
by Tony Hillerman Publisher Comments A Zuni myth first recorded a century ago....
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The Tale of Three Trees: A Traditional Folktale
by Angela Elwell Hunt Publisher Comments Three trees growing on a hilltop dream of grand futures, but when they're claimed by woodcutters, other things happen. One becomes a manger that holds the Christ child, another a humble fishing boat that carries Jesus and his followers, and the third is...
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The Story of Jumping Mouse
by John Steptoe
Publisher Comments "You will reach the far-off land if you keep hope alive within you." The words of Magic Frog give courage to the young mouse on his long and perilous journey to reach the wonderful land of legend. He faces many obstacles on his quest and sacrifices much...
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Way Up and Over Everything
by Alice Mcgill Publisher Comments My great-grandmama's mama told her and she told me this story about a long time ago . . . So begins this account of the author's great-great-grandmother Jane, and how she meets a slave new to the plantation, a slave who would prove to have magical powers...
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Storm Boy
by Paul Owen Lewis Publisher Comments An American Indian prince is flung from his canoe during a storm. Washed ashore in the mysterious world of the Killer Whale people, the boy finds himself in an unfamiliar village, being welcomed by a strange and giant tribe. Winner of the American Book...
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The Legend of the Bluebonnet
by Tomie De Paola Publisher Comments This favorite legend, based on Comanche lore, tells the story of how the bluebonnet, the state flower of Texas, came to be. A "Reading Rainbow" Review Title, an American Bookseller #1 Pick of the List Book, Booklist Children's Editors' Choice, NCSS...
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Coyote Places the Stars (Aladdin Picture Books)
by Harriet Peck Taylor Publisher Comments One evening, crafty coyote climbs the moon to discover the secrets of the heavens. Instead, he finds a way to make the most wonderful pictures for all the world to see. The next night, the other animals of the canyon look up to the sky, where they see a...
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