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The angry moon. / Retold by William Sleator, with pictures by Blair Lent.
Van Pelt Library PS3569.L353 A54 1970
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sleator, William.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Tlingit Indians--Folklore.
- Indians of North America--Folklore.
- Tlingit Indians--Legends--Juvenile literature.
- Tlingit Indians.
- Indians of North America--Folklore--Juvenile literature.
- Indians of North America.
- Genre:
- Legends.
- Fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 45 pages : color illustrations ; 24 x 25 cm
- Edition:
- [First edition].
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Little, Brown, [1970]
- Summary:
- An Indian girl insults the moon and is held prisoner by him until her friend reaches the sky country to rescue her.
- Notes:
- "An Atlantic Monthly Press book."
- "The original legend ... was first recorded by Dr. John R. Swanton in Bulletin 39 of the Bureau of American Ethnology, Tlingit myths and texts." (1909)
- Caldecott Honor Book, 1971.
- OCLC:
- 105672
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