num_pages: 96
description: Welcome the second book in the Folktales of the World series! Engaging inspirational and above all entertaining these legends come from Native American peoples across the U.S. Richly illustrated with original art they capture a wide range of belief systems and wisdom from the Cherokee Cheyenne Hopi Lenape Maidu Seminole Seneca and other tribes. The beautifully retold tales all with informative introductions range from creation myths to animal fables to stirring accounts of bravery and sacrifice. Find out how stories first came to be and how the People came to the upper world. Meet Rabbit the clever and irresistible Creek trickster. See how the buffalo saved the Lakota people and why the Pawnee continue to do the Bear Dance to this very day.Stefano Vitales art showcases a stunning array of animal figures masks totems and Navajo-style rug patterns all done in natures palette of brilliant turquoises earth browns shimmering sun-yellow vivid fire-orange and the deep blues of a dark night. 
language: English
title: The Girl Who Helped Thunder and Other Native American Folktales
publisher: Sterling Publishing Company