Wolf Tales [Paperback]

Deborah Reade (Illustrator), Mary Powell (Cover Design)

Book Description

Through her research Mary Powell has selected traditional wolf stories to be read and enjoyed by children ages 8 and up.

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These moving stories were collected and passed down orally for generations before being written down. Through the tradition of storytelling the wolf has hunted with humans, warned them of imminent danger, and rewarded them with lifelong loyality for acts of friendship. The Sioux, Pawnee, Cherokee, Tlingit and Tsimshian Indians are the sources for the tales. Each story reflects the deep respect that Native Americans have for the wolf. Even today wolves still have much to teach us.

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THE WOLF AND THE TURTLE The god Kanati wolves who hunted for him. Wolves were known to be good hunters and they never failed to find meat. Once he sent out two wolves at a time. One went to the east and never returned. The other went to the north. When he returned at night and did not find his fellow brother, he knew his brother must be in trouble. He went to look for him, and after traveling for some time he found his brother nearly dead beside a great green snake which had bitten him.

Product Details

• Paperback: 38 pages
• Publisher: Gibbs Smith, Publisher; 1st edition (March 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0941270734
• ISBN-13: 978-0941270731
• Product Dimensions: 7.3 x 7.3 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,425,874 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A must read., September 7, 1998

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my review- by Emily Smith "Wolf Tales" is a fascinating book that captures the heart of such increadible creatures. The impecible pictures co-inside with the few words that seem to have a thousand different meanings. "Wolf Tales" is a must read for all ages.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Will leave you and the kids wanting more..., May 12, 2002

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This book is a collection of Native American childrens tales about wolves. The stories come from a wide variety of tribes, and each in its own way imparts the idea that Man must learn to live with these creatures and gain wisdom from them.

Now, these stories are really interesting, and I think the project has a great deal of merit. Unfortunately, many of the stories seem to be only half-told. Several kind of leave you hanging in a tree, ending abruptly with perhaps less than a sentence to tie the story together. Even kids can tell when things are missing in a story, and after a typical installment in the book, they will undoubtedly pipe up to ask, "So... THEN what happened?"

Deborah Reade's illustrations are the real prize here, and are liberally sprinkled throughout the book. Most are limited to line art, and so they are not as vivid as the cover. The cover art is absolutely gorgeous, and it's a shame the publisher did not embrace the idea of using more color on the inside. Reade's illustrations are so intelligent and well done that they make up in part for the brevity of the stories. If they were given full color treatments like the cover, the book would have been that much better for it.