The precious gift
Subtitle: a Navaho creation myth
By: by Ellen Jackson ; illustrated by Woodleigh Marx Hubbard.
Contributors: Hubbard, Woodleigh, ill.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Published: 1996
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Subjects: Navajo Indians -- Folklore.; Tales -- Southwest, New.; Snails -- Folklore.; Indians of North America -- Folklore.; Folklore -- Southwest, New.
Description: A retelling of part of a Navajo creation and evolution myth in which of all the animals the lowly snail alone is responsible for bringing pure water to the new land.