Buffalo before breakfast

The #1 bestselling chapter book series of all time celebrates 25 years with new covers and a new, easy-to-use numbering system! Hello, buffalo! That's what Jack and Annie say when the Magic Tree House whisks them and Teddy, the enchanted dog, back almost 200 years to the Great Plains. There they meet a Lakota boy who shows them how to hunt buffalo. But something goes wrong! Now they need to …

Hiawatha's kind heart

Edition

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ISBN/ISSN

0553055925

Collation

44 pages : illustration ; 26 cm

Series Title

Walt Disney Fun-to-Read Library

Call Number

H

The blue raven

When hard times befall the Athapaskan Indians living on the banks of the Yukon River, Nik, a young brave, sets out on a perilous journey to find the Great Shaman and get help for his people.

Dream wolf

Dream Wolf is Paul Goble's tribute to the Plains Native American culture. Lost and afraid, two young children seek shelter in a wolf's cave. There they meet a kindly wolf who leads them home. Based on a Plains Native American legend, this exceptional picture book demonstrates the love and respect the Plains Native Americans have for the wolf and the natural world.

Sootface : an Ojibwa Cinderella story

Once, an Ojibwa man whose wife had died raised three daughters alone. The two older girls were lazy and bad-tempered, and made their youngest sister do all the work. When the flames from the cooking fire singed her hair or burned her skin, they laughed and called her Sootface. While she worked, Sootface dreamed that one day she would find a husband. Then a mighty warrior with the power to make…

Sees Behind Trees

Visually impaired Walnut cannot earn his adult name the same way other boys do, by hitting a target with a bow and arrow. With his highly developed other senses, however, he earns a new name: Sees Behind Trees. "Dorris takes on some meaty existential issues here; he does so with grace, bighearted empathy, and always with crystal-clear vision".--"School Library Journal" (starred review). A "Scho…

The secret of the seal

While hunting, a 10-year-old Eskimo boy befriends a seal pup. "When Kyo learns that his uncle is hunting for a seal to take to the zoo, he must use every bit of resourcefulness he can muster to save his vulnerable playmate. Readers are not hit over the head with the theme of animals being best left in the wild. Kyo's transformation from hunter to conservationist is plausible and touching.

The girl who loved wild horses

"There was a girl in the village who loved horses... She led the horses to drink at the river. She spoke softly and they followed. People noticed that she understood horses in a special way." And so begins the story of a young Native American girl devoted to the care of her tribe's horses. With simple text and brilliant illustrations. Paul Goble tells how she eventually becomes one of them to …

Squanto, friend of the Pilgrims

Tells of the adventurous life of the Wampanoag Indian, Squanto.

Thank you, Squanto!

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ISBN/ISSN

0439792541

Collation

57 pages : illustration ; 19 cm

Series Title

A Scholastic Chapter Book Biography

Call Number

923 SQU