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Coyote
A Trickster Tale from the American Southwest
By McDermott, Gerald R.
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-15220-724-3
- Publisher
- San Diego : Harcourt Brace, c1994.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on November 1, 1994
K-Gr 2 A short, uncomplicated story in which Coyote decides he wants to fly with the crows. They humor him, give him feathers, and tolerate his offkey singing and out-of-step dancing, until he begins to boast and order them about. Then, as Coyote struggles in midair, they take back their feathers one by one and he plummets to earth. His tail catches fire, and he tumbles into the dirt. To this day he is the color of dust and his tail has a burnt, black tip. The full-page illustrations, executed in gouache,...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
