Frank Carlson Library

Series

Publisher

Harcourt Brace Jovanovich

Pub. Date

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

Zomo the Rabbit, an African trickster, sets out to gain wisdom.

2) Flecha al Sol

Author

Language

Español

Description

"This nicely-paced, beautifully enunciated production will be welcomed in any Spanish language collection." –School Library Journal

3) Anansi the spider: a tale from the Ashanti

Author

Publisher

Holt, Rinehart and Winston

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

In trying to determine which of his six sons to reward for saving his life, Anansi the Spider is responsible for placing the moon in the sky.

4) Coyote: a trickster tale from the American Southwest

Author

Series

Publisher

Harcourt Brace

Pub. Date

c1994

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

Coyote, who has a nose for trouble, insists that the crows teach him how to fly, but the experience ends in disaster for him.

5) Raven: a trickster tale from the Pacific Northwest

Author

Series

Pub. Date

c1993

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

Raven, a Pacific Coast Indian trickster, sets out to find the sun.

6) Arrow to the sun: a Pueblo Indian tale

Author

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

An adaptation of the Pueblo Indian myth which explains how the spirit of the Lord of the Sun was brought to the world of men.

7) Pig-Boy: a trickster tale from Hawai�i

Author

Series

Publisher

Harcourt Children's Books

Pub. Date

2009

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

The mischievous, shape-shifting Pig-Boy gets in trouble with both the King and Pele, the goddess of fire, but always manages to slip away as his grandmother has told him to do.

8) Monkey: a trickster tale from India

Author

Series

Publisher

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Pub. Date

2011

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

Crocodile wants to feast on Monkey's heart and Monkey must outsmart him if he is to enjoy eating mangoes all day.

9) The stonecutter: a Japanese folk tale

Author

Series

Picture puffin

Publisher

Puffin Books

Pub. Date

1978, c1975

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

Relates the consequences of a stonecutter's foolish longing for power.

10) Jabutí the tortoise: a trickster tale from the Amazon

Author

Series

Publisher

Harcourt

Pub. Date

c2001

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

All the birds enjoy the song-like flute music of Jabuti, the tortoise, except Vulture who, jealous because he cannot sing, tricks Jabuti into riding his back toward a festival planned by the King of Heaven.

11) Musicians of the sun

Author

Publisher

Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

Pub. Date

c1997

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description