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““The girl Who Helped Thunder and Other Native American FolkTales” by James Bruchac and Joseph Bruchac. Published by Sterling Publishing Co. inc., New York NY. 2008.
katherine Orejuela wrote this review Wednesday, March 13, 2013. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
1. Awards this book has won: None.
2. Appropriate grade level(s): For children in Kinden to third grade.
3. Summary: This book compilation of many Native American folktales. The tale that has the name of the title of the book tells the story of a very pretty Native American girl named Pretty Face. Everyone thought she was pretty too but she was too conceived. She rejected every marriage proposal that she received and time passed without her getting married. One day a handsome, tall and slender man showed up at her village and asked her to marry him. Although her parents disagreed, she left with him because of his looks and married him. She followed him into the water as he told her and ended down in a cave under water. After looking real close she noticed that she had been deceived by the great snake and that had changed appearances into a man. She feared for her life and called the snake’s enemy Thunder. Thunder gave her instructions to flee when he told her and to not stop until she was out of the water. She did as he told her and the snake followed her giving a chance for Thunder to strike it and kill it. This is how Pretty Face helped thunder and lived in the sky forever.
Review: This book was great because of the cultural variety that it has. It has different culture and it tells different folktales. My favorite part was the pictures which were original, colorful and related to the text. In the content section it has the stories divided by where they belong like Northeast, Southeast, and Great Plains etc… I really liked the story “The Story Who Helped Thunder” and “How Stories Came to Be”.
4. Uses in the classroom:
• Do a group reading and reflection.
• Read a tale every day and do a Think/Pair/Share on the favorite tales in the book.
• After reading the stories, have students create an imaginative story using unrealistic characters as in the book.
• Discuss what is a fable, legend, myth and folktale and have students create one of each.
5. Category: Traditional Literature Books
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“The girl Who Helped Thunder and Other Native American FolkTales retold by James Bruchac and Joseph Bruchac, ph.D and illustrated by Stefano Vitale. Published by Sterling Publishing Co. inc., New York NY. Copyright 2008.
amanda foglietta wrote this review Wednesday, October 12, 2011. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
Appropriate Grade Level: 2nd-4th
Original Summary:
Why moon Has One Eye: This folktale is told by the Native people across North American. Moon and sun were made to watch over all the children on earth. Sun was always out during the day wtaching down. He would watch the plants grow, the birds sing, and the people work and play. Moon would look down at the earth during the night with her bright light, and the plants would still grow, the birds would sing, and the people would work and play. Well, the moon and sun decided thatits not good that there is no rest. Sun came up with an idea. He would give up an eye, so its not so bright during the day. But moon told him no, it has to be bright during the day and dark at night. Moon decided to give up an eye so there is darkenss at night. Now there was darkness and the earth can rest at night.
Used in the Classroom:
- Schema(when the sun and moon come out, seasons)
-Science (day and night)
-Problem Solving
-Predictions
-Imagination
Why Owl Lives Away from the People
Appropriate Grade Level: 1st-4th
Original Summary: There was an Owl family. The father was the hunter and the mother would stay home with her children. Everytime the father would come home from hunting he would be empty handed. His wife asked him why he has no food. Her children were getting skinny and were always starving. her husband said tomorrow he will have food, but every day it was the same thing. She woke up one morning and had burns on her legs. She asked her husband where they came from and told her she sleeps too close to the fire. The next night the wife pretended to fall asleep. She put her children to sleep and then laid next to the fire with her eyes closed. Her husband came over took a stick and burned it with her to make sure she was asleep and then went under the rock and took the food and started to eat. He ate until he couldnt eat anymore. Under the rock he hid the fresh fish and the meat. Now the wife knew what he did. The next morning she took the food and fed her children. They were so happy! The wife told her husband to leave and go live int he forest. He left and was very ahsamed of himself.
Used in the Classroom:
- Discuss what shelfish means
- Problem Solving
- Owls
The Girl Who Helped Thunder:
Appropriate Grade Level: 2nd-4th
Original Summary: a young woman named pretty Face lived with her parents in a village near Macicanitewk. Everyone thought she was very attractive and she thought she was beautiful herseld. She believed that no man was good enough for her in her village, so she remained unmarried. One day a starnge man came up to her and told her he was here to marry her. She was very excited and told her parents. Her parents told they didnt know him or his family, so she can not go with him, but Pretty Face didn't listen. She liked the way he looked so she went with him. He took her to his village, which was under the water in the river. He took her to the bottom and told her to stay and he was going to hunt for them. The man became a snake and the snakes mother didnt like Pretty Face and started to hiss at her. Pretty Face became really afraid and didn't know what to do. Pretty Face remembered that the Thunder Being was an emeny of the snakes, so she called out to him. Thunder told her to follow the path under her feet. She got to the top oft he water and the snake was right behind her, but right has he touched the top of the water, Thinder killed him. Pretty Face was saved and became one of the Thunder People.
Used in the Classroom:
- Imagination
- Prediction
- Advice
- Problem solving”
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