Thirteen Moons on Turtle's Back: A Native American Year of Moons"Unusual and intelligent...An exemplary introduction to Native American culture with its emphasis on the importance of nature." —Publishers Weekly In Native American legend, the thirteen scales on Old Turtle's back hold the key to the thirteen cycles of the moon and the changing seasons. These lyrical poems and striking paintings celebrate the wonder of the seasons, from the Northern Cheyenne's Moon of the Popping Trees to the Big Moon of the Abenaki. "This book instills a spiritual respect for our land and an appreciation for the people who were its first caring guardians." —American Bookseller A Notable Children's Trade Book in the Language Arts An IRA Teacher's Choice Book A Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies |
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Abenaki acorns animals autumn Baby Bear beautiful beneath Big Moon bright bucks Budding Moon canoe circle climb the hills cold fire color comes corn cottonwood Coyote crack Creator cycles deer desert door Eagle Earth Elder entered eyes fight flew flowers Frog Frost Giant gather gave gift Gloos-kap Grandfather Grandson green harvest hear helper horns human inside ISBN Ju-ske-ha lake land learned leaves lift Little live look magic Maple Sugar Moon Moon Long ago Moon of Snow moon's Mooo-ahhh-ahhh Moose mouth Mystery Native American natural world night North America Old Turtle's back Pomo pushed River scales seasons Seneca SEVENTH shaped sharp sing slept small boy smaller song Sozap spring spruce stars stay awake stood stories strawberries stronger sun shines syrup taught things thirteen moons Thunder trees twelve village wake walk Watching Wild Rice winter lodges Wis-a-ked-jak Wolf Wolves