Doctor Coyote: A Native American Aesop's Fables

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Macmillan, 1987 - Juvenile Fiction - 46 pages
In the 1500s, a book of Aesop's fables was brought to America. An Aztec Indian scribe translated the tales into the Aztec language, making Coyote the main character. Twenty of these tales have been shortened and retold in this collection. Grades 4-7. 1987.

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John Bierhorst's many books on Latin American folklore & mythology include "The Mythology of South America", "The Mythology of Norther America" & "The Mythology of Mexico & Central America". A specialist in the language & literature of the Aztecs, he is the author of a Nahuatal-English dictionary & the translator of Cantares Mexicanos. He served as editorial advisor for the Smithsonian Series of Studies in Native American Literature; editorial associate for The Norton Anthology of World Masterpieces; & editorial consultant for the Encyclopedia of North American Indians. He lives in West Shokan, New York.

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