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Houghton Mifflin, 1996. Paperback. New. Lisa Desimini. Quarto, softcover, new in blue and red pictorial wraps. A Navajo legend story. Unpaginated. Large full page color illustrations. About 20 pp. A dramatically handsome setting for an especially noble Native American tale that explains how First Woman tried to write the laws of the land using stars in the sky, only to be thwarted by the trickster Coyote.
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How the Stars Fell Into the Sky: A Navajo Legend Paperback - 1996
by Jerrie Oughton; Lisa Desimini (Illustrator)
This retelling of a Navajo folktale explains how First Woman tried to write the laws of the land using stars in the sky, only to be thwarted by the trickster Coyote.
Summary
This retelling of a Navajo folktale explains how First Woman tried to write the laws of the land using stars in the sky, only to be thwarted by the trickster Coyote.
First line
When the pulse of the first day carried it to the rim of night, First Woman said to First Man, The people need to know the laws.
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- Title How the Stars Fell Into the Sky: A Navajo Legend
- Author Jerrie Oughton; Lisa Desimini (Illustrator)
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: Repri
- Pages 32
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Clarion Books, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
- Date 1996-03-03
- ISBN 9780395779385 / 0395779383
- Weight 0.32 lbs (0.15 kg)
- Dimensions 9.92 x 7.8 x 0.12 in (25.20 x 19.81 x 0.30 cm)
- Ages 04 to 07 years
- Grade levels P - 2
- Reading level 780
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Themes
- Ethnic Orientation: Native American
- Religious Orientation: Native American
- Library of Congress subjects Navajo Indians, Indians of North America - Southwest, New
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 91017274
- Dewey Decimal Code 398.2
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"Oughton's fine debut provides Desimini with the best vehicle she's had for her spare, powerful style . . . A dramatically handsome setting for an especially noble Native American tale." Kirkus Reviews with Pointers
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