How the Stars Fell into the Sky: A Navajo Legend

How the Stars Fell into the Sky: A Navajo Legend

How the Stars Fell into the Sky: A Navajo Legend

How the Stars Fell into the Sky: A Navajo Legend

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Overview

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.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780395779385
Publisher: HarperCollins
Publication date: 03/03/1996
Pages: 32
Sales rank: 92,358
Product dimensions: 7.75(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.12(d)
Lexile: AD780L (what's this?)
Age Range: 4 - 7 Years

About the Author

Jerrie Oughton has written several novels for young adults. Her first, Music From a Place Called Half Moon. was awarded the Bank Street College Children's Book Award. She lives with her husband in Lexington, Kentucky.

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"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

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