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    Fire Race: A Karuk Coyote Tale of How Fire Came to the People
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    Fire Race: A Karuk Coyote Tale of How Fire Came to the People
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    Fire Race: A Karuk Coyote Tale of How Fire Came to the People

    By Jonathan London, Lanny Pinola and Sylvia Long

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    Inspired by a legend of the Karuk people, the story of how Coyote captures fire and how Eagle, Cougar, Fox, Bear and others work together to help is a dramatic tale of bravery and cooperation.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherChronicle Books Digital
    Release dateSep 17, 2013
    ISBN9781452133164
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    Fire Race: A Karuk Coyote Tale of How Fire Came to the People
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    Jonathan London

    Jonathan London has written more than one hundred picture books for children, many of them about wildlife, including Honey Paw and Lightfoot, The Eyes of Gray Wolf, Little Puffin's First Flight, and Pup the Sea Otter. He has sold more than 1.5 million books and is known in particular for his Froggy series. He lives with his wife in northern California.

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    • 5/5
      This retelling of the Karuk legend of how fire was stolen from the Yellow Jacket sisters is great for a unit on Native American legends.
    • 3/5
      This traditional Karuk tale features a familiar character, Coyote. Although he frequently shows up as a trickster in Californian Indian tales, in this story,Coyote is portrayed as a wise elder. He comes up with the plan to steal fire from the wicked and selfish Yellowjackets, but the plan will only work if all the animals work together. Coyote flatters the Yellowjackets until he is able to steal the fire. Then in relay race fashion, he passes the flame onto Eagle, Eagle passes it on to Mountain Lion, etc. The fire ends up in a willow tree. Coyote then teaches the other animals how to draw fire from wood in order to keep warm and cook food. Sylvia Long's illustrations are outstanding! This book will be a nice addition to some of the other Native Californian legends in my fourth grade classroom.