Traditional or Folk Literature
This is a story of creation as told by some of the Native American tribes. It recounts how the world is made, because to their culture, the world is destroyed and remade continuously. There will be more Earths to come. The story follows the creation, starting off with the recycling of the old Earth. The animals must bring up mud from the bottom of the ocean for the Earth Maker to start work again, and the Earth Maker decides to place the Earth on Grandmother Turtle’s back. He then creates animals of all kinds and places them around the Earth where they are the happiest and fit in the best. He then continues and makes Man and Woman. After time, he teaches them to ride horses and hunt and cook. The tale ends with the Earth Maker starting the process on creating a new Earth. I think this book is neat because it allows another side to the Creation story, and would be useful when discussing Native Americans and their cultures in Social Studies. I also think that the illustrations are very beautiful and vivid, so students in younger grades would respond to read alouds with this book.
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