Status
Available
Call number
Publication
Millbrook Press (Lerner Publishing Group) (First Avenue Editions)
Pages
48
Description
Brrr! Coyote is always cold! That's because it's winter all year long. But Old Woman has something amazing called summer. It's tied up in a little bag in her tipi. Coyote and his friends Wolf, Moose, Elk, Stag, and Antelope make a plan to steal summer. But when Coyote grabs the bag, Old Woman's children chase after him. Will his plan work? Will everyone have a chance to share summer's warmth? Find out what happens in this fast-paced tale!
Series
Collection
Language
Original language
English
Physical description
48 p.; 8.5 inches
ISBN
1580138489 / 9781580138482
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Lexile
560L
User reviews
LibraryThing member shannonbaker
This book is good for pre k to second grade students. It teaches the importance of not being greedy. In this book the Coyote is tired of being cold in the winter and wants to steal summer from the old woman who has it tied up in a bag. This book has a message that can help a teacher teach students
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that you can not always have what you want and that it is not ok to be greedy. Show Less
LibraryThing member ckalinowski
In this beautiful North American Indian folkstory,Coyote makes his home in the woods and has had enough of the long winter,so he seeks out the help of the raven. Raven explains that an old woman has kept summer all to herself for her and her four children by hiding it in a black bag. He gathers his
There is limited reading in this book and beautiful illustrations which help to tell the story. This makes it an ideal book for Division one elementary students just learning to read.
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other friends of the woods - wolf, elk, moose, stag and antelope, and they make a plan. Wolf creates a distraction so coyote can steal the black bag from the woman's tepee. Working together the animals each take a turn running with the bag while the children chase after them. Coyote manages to open the bag and out comes summer! Coyote's lesson to everyone is that they must not be greedy and both humans and animals alike must share summer in harmony. There is limited reading in this book and beautiful illustrations which help to tell the story. This makes it an ideal book for Division one elementary students just learning to read.
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LibraryThing member huertaen
I love this book. It gives a great account of the creation of the summer and winter seasons. It is an early reader book and covers the tricksters coyote and raven while on the task to steal summer from the old woman. The animals successfully highjack the bag of summer from the Native peoples and
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agree to share it with them in the end, whereby creating two seasons. Concept/Classroom use: Creation story, cultural diversity, Folklore lesson. Show Less
Call number
J2K.522