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  • How the Stars Fell Into the Sky: A Navajo Legend

How the Stars Fell Into the Sky: A Navajo Legend

Author
Jerrie Oughton
Illustrator
Lisa Desimini
Publication Date
March 03, 1996
Genre / Grade Band
Fiction /  2nd − 3rd
Language
English
How the Stars Fell Into the Sky: A Navajo Legend
Description

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.

"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, pointer

Publication date
March 03, 1996
Genre
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780395779385
Lexile Measure
780
Publisher
Clarion Books
BISAC categories
JUV022000 - Juvenile Fiction | Legends, Myths, & Fables | General
Library of Congress categories
Indians of North America
Southwest, New
Navajo Indians

ALA/Booklist

Starred Review

The pictures have a marvelous depth, with a sense of infinite space beyond the curved rim of the earth.

Hornbook

Starred Review

Complemented by rich, jewellike illustrations, the story has the sense of a universal myth.

Kirkus

Starred Review

A dramatically handsome setting for an especially noble Native American tale..

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