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Pushing Up the Sky: Seven Native American Plays for Children
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Pushing Up the Sky: Seven Native American Plays for Children Hardcover - 2000

by Joseph Bruchac; Teresa Flavin (Illustrator)

Bruchac uses drama to tell seven different stories from Native American traditions including the Abenaki, Ojibway, Cherokee, Cheyenne, Snohomish, Tlingit, and Zuni. 8 full-color and 30 b&w illustrations.


Summary

From acclaimed Native American storyteller Joseph Bruchac comes a collection of seven lively plays for children to perform, each one adapted from a different traditional Native tale. Filled with heroes and tricksters, comedy and drama, these entertaining plays are a wonderful way to bring Native cultures to life for young people. Each play has multiple parts that can be adjusted to suit the size of a particular group and includes simple, informative suggestions for props, scenery, and costumes that children can help to create. Introductory notes and beautiful, detailed illustrations add to young readers' understanding of the seven Native nations whose traditions have inspired the plays.

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From acclaimed Native American storyteller Joseph Bruchac comes a collection of seven lively plays for children to perform, each one adapted from a different traditional Native tale. Filled with heroes and tricksters, comedy and drama, these entertaining plays are a wonderful way to bring Native cultures to life for young people. Each play has multiple parts that can be adjusted to suit the size of a particular group and includes simple, informative suggestions for props, scenery, and costumes that children can help to create. Introductory notes and beautiful, detailed illustrations add to young readers' understanding of the seven Native nations whose traditions have inspired the plays.

From the rear cover

Gluskabe and Old Man Winter Abenaki

Star Sisters Ojibway

Possum's Tail Cherokee

Wihio's Duck Dance Cheyenne

Pushing Up the Sky Snohomish

The Cannibal Monster Tlingit

The Strongest One Zuni

From the jacket flap

Gluskabe and Old Man Winter Abenaki

Star Sisters Ojibway

Possum's Tail Cherokee

Wihio's Duck Dance Cheyenne

Pushing Up the Sky Snohomish

The Cannibal Monster Tlingit

The Strongest One Zuni

Details

  • Title Pushing Up the Sky: Seven Native American Plays for Children
  • Author Joseph Bruchac; Teresa Flavin (Illustrator)
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition [ Edition: First
  • Pages 96
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Dial Books, New York
  • Date 2000-01-01
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Dust Cover, Illustrated
  • ISBN 9780803721685 / 0803721684
  • Weight 1.08 lbs (0.49 kg)
  • Dimensions 10.29 x 7.32 x 0.67 in (26.14 x 18.59 x 1.70 cm)
  • Ages 07 to 10 years
  • Grade levels 2 - 5
  • Library of Congress subjects Children's plays, American, Plays
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 98020483
  • Dewey Decimal Code 812.54

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Citations

  • Booklist, 03/01/2000, Page 1238
  • Hornbook Guide to Children, 07/01/2000, Page 386
  • Publishers Weekly, 01/10/2000, Page 70
  • School Library Journal, 03/01/2000, Page 222

About the author

Joseph Bruchac is a highly acclaimed children's book author, poet, novelist and storyteller, as well as a scholar of Native American culture. Coauthor with Michael Caduto of the bestselling Keepers of the Earth series, Bruchac's poems, articles and stories have appeared in hundreds of publications, from Akwesasne Notes and American Poetry Review to National Geographic and Parabola. He has authored many books for adults and children including Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two, Skeleton Man, and The Heart of a Chief. For more information about Joseph, please visit his website www.josephbruchac.com.
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