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Bierhorst, John

The People with Five Fingers: A Native Californian Creation Tale

32 pp. | Cavendish | March, 2000 | Trade ISBN 0-7614-5058-0 $$15.95
(3) K-3 Illustrated by Robert Andrew Parker. Bierhorst retells a creation tale that is shared by a number of Native American groups on the West Coast. Coyote, the gopher brothers, and other animals from "a world before this one" create mountains, plants, rivers, and stars and plant the seeds that will become people to populate the earth. The spare watercolor illustrations complement this quietly appealing story.
Reviewer: Peter D. Sieruta

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