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Pushing Up the Sky: Seven Native American Plays for Children Hardback - 2000
by Joseph Bruchac; Teresa Flavin (Illustrator)
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Bruchac uses drama to tell seven different stories from Native American traditions including the Abenaki, Ojibway, Cherokee, Cheyenne, Snohomish, Tlingit, and Zuni. 8 full-color and 30 b&w illustrations.
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From acclaimed Native American storyteller Joseph Bruchac comes a collection of seven lively plays for children to perform, each one adapted from a different traditional Native tale. Filled with heroes and tricksters, comedy and drama, these entertaining plays are a wonderful way to bring Native cultures to life for young people. Each play has multiple parts that can be adjusted to suit the size of a particular group and includes simple, informative suggestions for props, scenery, and costumes that children can help to create. Introductory notes and beautiful, detailed illustrations add to young readers' understanding of the seven Native nations whose traditions have inspired the plays.
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Filled with heroes and tricksters, comedy and drama, Native American tales have entertained children from their ancient origins in the oral tradition to the present day. Now renowned Native storyteller Joseph Bruchac has adapted seven traditional tales from Native peoples around North America as delightful plays for children themselves to perform. Each play has multiple parts that can be adjusted to suit the size of a particular group, and includes simple suggestions for props, scenery, and costumes that children can help to create. From "Gluskabe and Old Man Winter", a battle of wits between an Abenaki hero and the frosty ruler of the Winter Land, to "The Strongest One", a Zuni tale that offers a dazzling procession of characters, children are sure to enjoy presenting these lively pieces. Introductory notes and Teresa Flavin's beautiful, detailed illustrations add to young people's understanding of the seven Native nations whose traditions have inspired the plays.
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- Title Pushing Up the Sky: Seven Native American Plays for Children
- Author Joseph Bruchac; Teresa Flavin (Illustrator)
- Binding Hardback
- Edition [ Edition: First
- Pages 96
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Dial Books, New York
- Publication date 2000-01-01
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Dust Cover, Illustrated
- ISBN 9780803721685 / 0803721684
- Weight 1.08 lbs (0.49 kg)
- Dimensions 10.29 x 7.32 x 0.67 in (26.14 x 18.59 x 1.70 cm)
- Age range 07 to 10 years
- Grade levels 2 - 5
- Category Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction
- Library of Congress subjects Children's plays, American, Plays
- Library of Congress Catalogue Number 98020483
- Dewey Decimal Code 812.54
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Citations
- Booklist, 03/01/2000, Page 1238
- Hornbook Guide to Children, 01/01/2000, Page 386
- Publishers Weekly, 01/10/2000, Page 70
- School Library Journal, 03/01/2000, Page 222
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