Search Results: Native America: Folklore from pacaritambo books

DK Publishing, 1999. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. G. Brian Karas color illustrations. CONDITION: NEW 1999 DK Publishing hardcover (pictorial boards) & dust jacket, first edition, first printing. Magical, thoughtful color illustrations by G. Brian Karas. CONTENT: [This book is not for every child - it requires a reader who can appreciate a slow-moving, mystical text and illustrations. IMHO.] The Bone Woman searches the barren desert for bones to create a wondrous creature, in a story inspired by creation myths from various desert cultures. In a mythic narrative voice accompanied by primitive images, McDonald describes a mysterious old woman who sifts sand to find bones. Readers can almost hear a drumbeat accompaniment to the text: "Like the desert pack rat,/ the harvester ant,/ Bone Woman lives deep in a cave,/ a cave cluttered with bones, bones." Against an off-white chalkiness that suggests a sun-bleached skull, the crone's stooped silhouette seeks tiny bone pieces of long-dead… Read More

Aladdin Paperbacks, 1986. 1st Paperback Edition Printing Unknown. Soft cover. New/No Jacket Issued. Paul Goble color illustrations. CONDITION: NEW 1986 Aladdin Paperbacks first paperback edition, I believe this is the 36th printing, but I won't swear to it - so printed some time c. 2000-2005. Perfect condition. Color illustrations by the Author. CONTENT: A young hunter draws his bow against a buffalo cow drinking from a stream. Before he can loose his arrow, there is no buffalo -- instead, there stands a beautiful young woman, whom he knows he must marry. The hunter's people shun the Buffalo Woman, and so she returns, with their son, Calf Boy, to her people. The hunter's heart compels him to follow. But he has been warned: The Buffalo Nation is angry at the Straight-up-People. And if he cannot find his wife and son among the many buffalo, they will be lost to him forever. (An ALA Notable Book.)

Catalogos (Argentina)/Waltson, 2004. 1st Edition Printing Unknown. Soft cover. As New/No Jacket Issued. Color illustrations and photos. CONTENT: UNREAD, but not quite perfect, 2004 Catalogos paperback, 1st edition. Light tanning to back white cover edges. Decorated end pages. Color illustrations & photos. CONTENT: This, the story of the transformation of corn from world plant to the mainstay of the great civilizations of the New World, is an enthralling, historically correct adventure. Tel cuento de la transformación del maiz, de planta salvaje al sostén principal de la civilizaciones del Nuevo Mundo, es una fascinante aventura, historicament correcta. Corn is a domesticated plant of the New World, as ancient as the wheat and rice of the Old World. Corn does not seem to be a likely heroin, yet "Corn Woman, Mujer Maiz" brings her to life. In this tale of growth to maturity, adaptation in those who love her, and ironic twists of plot as a vengeful captive in a foreigh land, corn is a persona, as Corn… Read More

University of New Mexico Press, 1991. Reprint 4th Printing. Soft cover. New/No Jacket Issued. B&W Black Mesa map; chapter decorations; sheet music. CONDITION: UNREAD 1991 Univ. of New Mexico Press (ABQ) trade paperback, reprint, 4th printing. B&W Black Mesa map plus beautiful chapter decorations. CONTENT: Here the noted folklorist brings together traditional accounts of epic events and adventures in the life of Hopi clans and villages, from legendary to historical times. Notes, a pronunciation guide, and a glossary enhance the reader's appreciation of the text.

Odyssey/Harcourt Young Classics, 2006. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/Very Good. James Houston B&W drawings. CONDITION: Published in 2006 by Odyssey/Harcourt Young Classics, first edition, first printing. This is an unread school library book with a school stamp on the bottom of the title page, dust jacket in mylar cover, library barcode and taped DJ to book. The interior is clean. Also, the paper used for this book reminds one of the "cheaper" paper that was used in the 40's and 50's. I find that very odd. Houston illustrates his own book with great B&W drawings. Vaughan Andrews beautiful dust jacket art. CONTENT: Houston made his first journey to the Canadian Arctic in 1948 in search of a new land to paint. There he found a warm, friendly people living in a vast, cold, hauntingly beautiful world. He lived with the Inuit and Indian people in the Arctic and grew to understand them and their way of life. He also helped introduce Inuit culture to the world with his remarkable art and… Read More

St. Martin's Press, 1988. 1st Edition Assumed 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/New. Susan L. Roth color collages. CONDITION: UNREAD, but not quite perfect, 1988 St. Martin's hardcover (white boards) & dust jacket (in mylar cover), first edition, assumed first printing. The Author's colorful collages provide the illustrations. Why is this AS NEW? 2 glue spots back inside cover and just generally not willing to say a 1988 book is truly new on my part. CONTENT: Two stories of turtle as trickster. In Fire. . . , several animals try without success to steal fire from the Moon-god. Tortoise knows that he can do it, but he needs straw to capture fire. So Chameleon steals some for him, tricking the Moon-god's straw-keeper by changing color. This second theft parallels and foreshadows Tortoise's fire-theft, but introducing it has the effect of doubling back on the story line, interrupting the forward movement. It's a crowded story, full of characters and commotion. The trickery appeals. In Roth's cut-paper… Read More

Scholastic, 2000. 1st Paperback Edition 2nd Printing. Soft cover. New/No Jacket Issued. Shonto Begay. CONDITION: NEW 2000 Scholastic paperback, 1st paperback edition, 2nd printing. Beautiful color illustrations by Shonto Begay using Southwestern hues. CONTENT: Much more than a pourquoi tale, this story also concerns the rejection of obsession, even in the service of beauty, and recalls the Greek myth of Arachne. When Wandering Girl learns from Spider Woman how to make blankets from her sheep's wool, she is renamed Weaving Woman. She marries and spends a winter at her loom. In the spring, she discovers how to make dyes and is inspired to "create the most beautiful blanket in all of the world." As this goal consumes her, she forgets the Navajo Middle Way; her life loses its balance and her spirit becomes trapped in the blanket. Through a shaman's intervention, Spider Woman returns to pull a loose strand from the border, spoiling its perfection and freeing the weaver's spirit. Since then, the text adds,… Read More

Utah: Zion Natural History Assn., 1978. 1st Edition Printing Unknown. Soft cover. As New/No Jacket Issued. Eugene Palmer & Ursula Koering B&W Illus.. CONDITION: UNREAD, but not quite perfect, 1978 edition/printing Zion Natural History Assn. large trade paperback, no printing given. Although the date on this book is 1978, the book is too "new" to be that early a printing/release. Wonderful B&W illustrations by Eugene Palmer & Ursula Koering. Problem: tiny edge wear to cover with a pale, pale remainder mark bottom edges. This book, originally published in 1946, contains myths, legends, and folk tales from primarily the Piaute people of the Zion National Park area - trickster tales, star stories, creation lore, and also includes a Glossary, Time Measurement section, and Astronomy section.