Trickster tales (Gerald McDermott)

Series

Publisher

Harcourt Brace Jovanovich

Pub. Date

c1992

Physical Desc

1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 24 x 29 cm

Language

English

Description

Zomo the Rabbit, an African trickster, sets out to gain wisdom

3) Raven: a trickster tale from the Pacific Northwest

Author

Series

Publisher

Harcourt Brace Jovanovich

Pub. Date

Physical Desc

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm

Language

English

Description

Raven, a Pacific Coast Indian trickster, sets out to find the sun.

4) Coyote: a trickster tale from the American Southwest

Author

Series

Publisher

Harcourt Brace

Pub. Date

c1994

Physical Desc

[32] p. : col. ill. ; 24 x29 cm

Language

English

Description

Coyote, who has a nose for trouble, insists that the blackbirds teach him how to fly, but the experience ends in disaster for him

5) Jabutí the tortoise: a trickster tale from the Amazon

Author

Series

Publisher

Harcourt

Pub. Date

c2001

Physical Desc

1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 24 x 29 cm

Language

English

Description

All the birds enjoy the song-like flute music of Jabuti, the tortoise, except Vulture who, jealous because he cannot sing, tricks Jabuti into riding his back toward a festival planned by the King of Heaven

6) Pig-Boy: a trickster tale from Hawaiʻi

Author

Series

Publisher

Harcourt Children's Books

Pub. Date

2009

Physical Desc

1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 24 x 29 cm

Language

English

Description

The mischievous, shape-shifting Pig-Boy gets in trouble with both the King and Pele, the goddess of fire, but always manages to slip away as his grandmother has told him to do

7) Monkey: a trickster tale from India

Author

Series

Publisher

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Pub. Date

2011

Physical Desc

1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 24 x 29 cm

Language

English

Description