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Pancho's Pinata

1992
On Christmas Eve Pancho rescues a star from a cactus and receives the gift of happiness.

The story of the Milky Way

a Cherokee tale
1995
When cornmeal is stolen from an elderly couple, the others in a Cherokee village find a way to drive off the thief, creating the Milky Way in the process.

The way to start a day

1978
Text and illustrations describe how people all over the world celebrate the sunrise.

Maiden of the mist

a legend of Niagara Falls
2001
A retelling of a Seneca Indian legend about Lelawala, the daughter of a Seneca chief who tries to save her people from a deadly disease by appealing to the thunder god Hinu who lives under Niagara Falls.

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