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Series

Publisher

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Pub. Date

c2009

Language

English

Description

The mischievous, shape-shifting Pig-Boy gets in trouble with both the King and Pele, the goddess of fire, but always manages to slip away as his grandmother has told him to do.

2) Monkey: a trickster tale from India

Author

Series

Publisher

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Pub. Date

2011

Language

English

Description

Crocodile wants to feast on Monkey's heart and Monkey must outsmart him if he is to enjoy eating mangoes all day.

3) Arrow to the sun: a Pueblo Indian tale

Author

Series

Picture puffins

Language

English

Description

An adaptation of the Pueblo Indian myth which explains how the spirit of the Lord of the Sun was brought to the world of men.

4) Jabutí the tortoise: a trickster tale from the Amazon

Author

Series

Publisher

Harcourt

Pub. Date

c2001

Language

English

Description

All the birds enjoy the song-like flute music of Jabuti, the tortoise, except Vulture who, jealous because he cannot sing, tricks Jabuti into riding his back toward a festival planned by the King of Heaven.

5) Musicians of the sun

Author

All About Music - Children's Book List

Publisher

Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

Pub. Date

c1997

Language

English

Appears on list

Description

In this retelling of an Aztec myth, Lord of the Night sends Wind to free the four musicians that the Sun is holding prisoner so they can bring joy to the world.

6) Raven: a trickster tale from the Pacific Northwest

Author

Series

Publisher

Harcourt Brace Jovanovich

Pub. Date

c1993

Language

English

Description

Raven, a Pacific Coast Indian trickster, sets out to find the sun.

7) Coyote: a trickster tale from the American Southwest

Author

Series

A Book Written By A Person of Color

Publisher

Harcourt Brace

Pub. Date

c1994

Language

English

Appears on list

Description

Coyote, who has a nose for trouble, insists that the crows teach him how to fly, but the experience ends in disaster for him.

8) Flecha al sol: un cuento de los indios Pueblo

Author

Series

Picture puffins

Publisher

Puffin Books

Pub. Date

1991

Language

Español

Description

An adaptation of the Pueblo Indian myth which explains how the spirit of the Lord of the Sun was brought to the world of men.

9) The Stonecutter

Author

Publisher

Weston Woods Studios, a subsidiary of SCHOLASTIC Inc

Language

English

Description

Tasaku is a lowly cutter of stone who longs for power. Authentic Japanese music on the koto.

10) Arrow To The Sun

Author

Publisher

Weston Woods Studios, a subsidiary of SCHOLASTIC Inc

Language

English

Description

This Pueblo Indian myth explains how the spirit of the Lord of the Sun was brought to the world of men.

11) Anansi the Spider

Author

Publisher

Weston Woods Studios, a subsidiary of SCHOLASTIC Inc

Language

English

Description

Anansi, one of the great folk heroes of the world, is saved from a terrible fate by his six sons in this traditional tale from West Africa.

12) Flecha al Sol

Author

Publisher

Live Oak Media

Pub. Date

1997

Language

Español

Description

"This nicely-paced, beautifully enunciated production will be welcomed in any Spanish language collection." –School Library Journal

13) Anansi the spider: a tale from the Ashanti

Author

Series

An Owlet book

Publisher

Henry Holt and Co

Pub. Date

[1986] c1972

Language

English

Description