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Pushing up the sky : seven native American plays for children / Joseph Bruchac ; illustrated by Teresa Flavin.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextSeries: Publisher: New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, [2000]Description: 94 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0803721684 (hardcover)
  • 0803725353 (paperback)
  • 9780803721685
  • 9780803725355
Other title:
  • Making Meaning : Grade 3 Unit 8, Grade 4 Unit 4 Alternate title
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 812 BRU 21
LOC classification:
  • PS3552.R794 P87 2000
Contents:
Gluskabe and old man winter Abenaki -- Star sisters Ojibway -- Possum's tail Cherokee -- Wihio's duck dance Cheyenne --Pushing up the sky Snohomish -- The cannibal monster Tlingit -- The strongest one Zuni.
Summary: Uses drama to tell seven different stories from Native American traditions including the Abenaki, Ojibway, Cherokee, Cheyenne, Snohomish, Tlingit, and Zuni.
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Includes bibliographical references (page [93]-94).

Wilson's Children, October 2010

School Library Journal, March 2000

Booklist, March 2000

Choice, January 2001

Bulletin (Center for Children's books), February 2000

Library Talk starred, September 2000

Multicultural Review, December 2000

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

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Gluskabe and old man winter Abenaki --
Star sisters Ojibway -- Possum's tail Cherokee -- Wihio's duck dance Cheyenne --Pushing up the sky Snohomish
-- The cannibal monster Tlingit --
The strongest one Zuni.

Center for the Collaborative Classroom Curriculum.

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