The First Strawberries: A Cherokee Story (Picture Puffin Books)

Bruchac, Joseph (Adapter) / Vojtech, Anna (Illustrator)

ISBN 10: 0780785282 / ISBN 13: 9780780785281

Published by Perfection Learning, 1998

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1 pages. 11.00x8.20x0.40 inches. In Stock.

Seller Inventory # 0780785282

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The First Strawberries: A Cherokee Story (Picture Puffin Books)
• Publisher: Perfection Learning
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0780785282
• ISBN 13: 9780780785281
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Vojtech, Anna
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.32 kilograms

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Synopsis

From an award-winning Native American storyteller comes this captivating re-telling of a Cherokee legend, which explains how strawberries came to be. Long ago, the first man and woman quarrelled. The woman left in anger, but the Sun sent tempting berries to Earth to slow the wife

About the Author

Joseph Bruchac (www.josephbruchac.com) 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