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The Story of the Milky Way : : a Cherokee Tale

Bruchac, Joseph, 1942- Book - 1995 None on shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 4.5 out of 5

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Youth level.
When cornmeal is stolen from an elderly couple, the others in a Cherokee village find a way to drive off the thief, creating the Milky Way in the process.

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Nice Folk Tale submitted by crazypockets on July 12, 2012, 4:02pm A fun book about the Cherokee myth of how the Milky Way came to be. Pretty illustrations and a simple story would make this a great book to introduce children to folk tales and cultural myths.

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PUBLISHED
New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, 1995.
Year Published: 1995
Description: 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book

READING LEVEL
Lexile: 590

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
0803717377
0803717385 (lib. bdg.) :

ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Ross, Gayle.
Stroud, Virginia A.

SUBJECTS
Cherokee Nation -- Folklore.
Native Americans -- Folklore.
Folklore -- United States.
Folklore -- North America.
Milky Way -- Folklore.