Coyote Walks on Two Legs: A Book of Navajo Myths and Legends
Grade 2-4?In this fine collection, a master storyteller relates five traditional tales. In these selections, told in lyrical, free-flowing prose, readers see Coyote as a trickster, a fool, as well as a hero. These are not the silly Coyote stories of Gerald McDermott but rather more serious legends, such as "The Great Flood," "The Guardian of the Corn," and others. Coyote, here, is both everyman and himself, an animal and human prototype. Cooper's fittingly muted, sepia and gold-toned watercolor illustrations have a dreamlike quality. The animals are rendered in a naturalistic, but soft-focused style and are particularly expressive. A well done but additional purchase.?Beth Tegart, Oneida City Schools, NYCopyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.