Coyote and the Fire StickA PACIFIC NORTHWEST INDIAN TALE
BY BARBARA DIAMOND GOLDENILLUSTRATED BY WILL HILLENBRAND
HARCOURT, GRADES 2-4
HARCOURT, GRADES 2-4
On the top of a mountain, guarded by three Evil Spirits, mighty Fire blazes. From their cold, dark lodges in the valley below, the People long for Fire. But how can they get it? This is a job for wise and crafty Coyote.
Reviews
A well-told story with inventive oil and oil pastel illustrations of the sturdy People, the helpful animals, and the serio-comic evil spirits, green and bulbous. Accenting all are the sharp portraits of the scrawny yet supple trickster hero, prancing with admiration for himself. —The Horn Book (Starred Review)
Hillenbrand's… art offers a thoughtfully researched portrait of Pacific Northwest Indians. —Publishers Weekly
Who doesn't have a favorite, thoroughly ugly picture-book villain? Move aside, Shrek … and Loathly Lady…, make room for Hillenbrand's trio of ugly-to-the-bone antagonists —Booklist
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