Global Story Box: American Indians from the Southwest Synopsis
Baby Learns About Sense. Ruffenach, Jessie (2005). Translated by Thomas, Peter. Illustrated by
Blacksheep, Beverly. Flagstaff, AZ: Salina Bookshelf. ISBN: 9781893354470.
A Navajo baby learns to count to ten in English and in the Navajo language.
Big Moon Tortilla. Cowley, Joy (1998). Illustrated by Strongbow, Dyanne. Honesdale, PA: Boyd’s
Mill Press. ISBN: 9781563976018.
Tohono O’odham. When Marta ruins her homework and breaks her glasses, Grandmother soothes her with
an ancient story and one of her delicious tortillas.
Children of Clay: A Family of Pueblo Potter. Swentzell, Rina (2006). Minneapolis, MN: Lerner
Publications. ISBN: 9780822526544.
Tewa Indians, Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico. Members of a Tewa Indian family living in Santa Clara
Pueblo in New Mexico follow the ages-old traditions of their people as they create various objects of clay.
Photographs.
Coyote and the Sky: How the Sun, Moon and Stars Began. Garcia, Emmett “Shkeme” (2006).
Illustrated by Pringle, Victoria. Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press. ISBN:
9780826337306.
Tamaya Pueblo. A retelling of the Santa Ana Pueblo traditional story in which the Squirrel, the Rabbit, and
the Badger are allowed by the animals' spirit Leader to climb from their homes in the Third World to the
Fourth World, while the Coyote must stay in the Third World.
Dibé Yázhí Táa’go Baa Hane’/The Three Little Sheep. Yazzie, Seraphine (2006). Translated by Peter
Thomas. Illustrated by Smith, Ryan Huna. Flagstaff, AZ: Salina Bookshelf. ISBN: 9781893354098.
Navajo. A Navajo story written in both English and Navajo about three little sheep who set out on their
own, unaware that they are being followed by a hungry coyote. A “Three Little Pigs” variant.
Jóhonaa’éí: Bringer of Dawn. Tsinajinnie, Veronica. Translated by Peter Thomas (2007). Illustrated
by Singer, Ryan. Flagstaff, AZ: Salina Bookshelf. ISBN: 9781893354548.
Navajo. As Johonaa'ei, the sun, slowly rises, its gentle light and warmth wake the inhabitants of the desert,
including a burrow of rabbits. Written in Navajo and English.
Ma'II and Cousin Horned Toad: A Traditional Navajo Story. Begay, Shonto (19920. NY: Scholastic.
ISBN: 9780590453912.
Navajo. A lazy, conniving coyote takes advantage of his animal cousins until his cousin, Horned
Toad, teaches him a lesson he never forgets
Navajo ABC/A Diné Alphabet Book. Tapahonso, Luci & Schick, Eleanor (1995). Illustrated by Schick
Eleanor. NT: Simon and Schuster. ISBN: 9780689803161.
Various objects and words associated with the Navajo people are used to introduce their alphabet and the
English alphabet.
Sing Down the Rain. Moreillon, Judy (1997). Illustrated by Chiago Michael. Walnut, CA: Kiva
Publishing. ISBN: 9781885772077.
Tohono O’odham. The author and illustrator capture the rhythms of the desert and the spirit of the Tohono
O'odham people in a poem about the saguaro harvest celebration.
Artifacts: coyote