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How the Stars Fell Into the Sky: A Navajo Legend
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How the Stars Fell Into the Sky: A Navajo Legend Paperback - 1996

by Jerrie Oughton; Lisa Desimini (Illustrator)

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.


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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.

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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.

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When the pulse of the first day carried it to the rim of night, First Woman said to First Man, The people need to know the laws.

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  • Title How the Stars Fell Into the Sky: A Navajo Legend
  • Author Jerrie Oughton; Lisa Desimini (Illustrator)
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: Repri
  • Pages 32
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Clarion Books, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
  • Date 1996-03-03
  • ISBN 9780395779385 / 0395779383
  • Weight 0.32 lbs (0.15 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.92 x 7.8 x 0.12 in (25.20 x 19.81 x 0.30 cm)
  • Ages 04 to 07 years
  • Grade levels P - 2
  • Reading level 780
  • Themes
    • Ethnic Orientation: Native American
    • Religious Orientation: Native American
  • Library of Congress subjects Navajo Indians, Indians of North America - Southwest, New
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 91017274
  • Dewey Decimal Code 398.2

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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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