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How the Stars Fell into the Sky : A Navajo Legend
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How the Stars Fell into the Sky : A Navajo Legend Hardcover - 1992

by Oughton, Jerrie

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
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  • Title How the Stars Fell into the Sky : A Navajo Legend
  • Author Oughton, Jerrie
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 28
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, Wilmington, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
  • Date 1992-03-30
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 4448754-6
  • ISBN 9780395587980 / 0395587980
  • Weight 0.87 lbs (0.39 kg)
  • Dimensions 10.31 x 8.23 x 0.38 in (26.19 x 20.90 x 0.97 cm)
  • Ages 04 to 07 years
  • Grade levels P - 2
  • Reading level 780
  • Library of Congress subjects Navajo Indians, Indians of North America - Southwest, New
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 91017274
  • Dewey Decimal Code 398.208

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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.

Media reviews

"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