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FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. A collection of traditional tales from the Indians of Arizona, arranged in the categories ""Why Animals Are the Way They Are,"" ""Why Our World Is Like It Is,"" ""Great Troubles and Great Heroes,"" ""People Can Turn Into Anything,"" ""Brother Coyote,"" and ""There Is Magic All Around Us."" Arizona Indian children retell and illustrate more than thirty of their peoples' myths and legends, verifying their immediate contemporary significance ... Read more

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Beautiful Tales Told Well
Byrd Baylor visited with American Indian children in their schools and asked them to retell the traditional stories that had been told to them at home. The book is a lovely telling of these tales - the voices of the children ring through in Baylor's choice of syntax and the result is lyrical. The legends will acquaint the reader with the culture and beliefs of the native people of Arizona. I was fortunate to purchase this text at the Heard Museum in Phoenix, and I plan to share it with my 5th and 6th grade class.

Authentic and Insightful
This is a wonderful collection of stories told by Native American children from their perspective. The author, well compiler is a more accurate title, does a very good job of keeping these stories realistic and believable.

This a very nice source to begin to get an understanding ofthe traditional culture of the South West Native Americans. ... Read more

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Presents information about the state of Arizona and its nickname, motto, and emblems. ... Read more

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Describes the geography, plants and animals, history, economy, language, religions, culture and people of the state of Arizona. ... Read more

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Provides an overview of the history and key personalities connected with the team that has played in Chicago, St. Louis, and now Phoenix. ... Read more

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Introduces the Grand Canyon state, its history, famous citizens, and places of interest. ... Read more

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Discusses the early history of Arizona from the Native American mammoth hunters of 9500 B.C., through the establishment of Spanish missions and days of gunslingers and prospectors, to statehood. ... Read more

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Discusses the geographic features, history, government, people, and attractions of the state of Arizona. ... Read more

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Presents a close-up analysis of the Supreme Court's 1966 decision that standardized criminal justice procedure across the United States, ruling that police must inform suspects in a crime of their legal rights. ... Read more

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Originally published in 1910. This volume from the Cornell University Library's print collections was scanned on an APT BookScan and converted to JPG 2000 format by Kirtas Technologies.All titles scanned cover to cover and pages may include marks notations and other marginalia present in the original volume. ... Read more