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Book

Pushing up the sky : seven Native American plays for children

Call Number

  • J 812 B (CEN, OSH)

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Publication Information

New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, c2000.

Physical Description

94 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.

Summary

Uses drama to tell seven different stories from Native American traditions including the Abenaki, Ojibway, Cherokee, Cheyenne, Snohomish, Tlingit, and Zuni.

Contents

  • Gluskabe and Old Man Winter (Abenaki)
  • Star sisters (Ojibway)
  • Possum's tail (Cherokee)
  • Pushing up the sky (Snohomish)
  • Cannibal monster (Tlingit)
  • Strongest one (Zuni).

Subjects

Added Authors

Teresa Flavin