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Type of bind: Hardcover
EAN num: 9781893354081
ISBN number: 1893354083
Label: Salina Bookshelf
Manufacturer: Salina Bookshelf
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 32
Printing Date: April 01, 2006
Publishing house: Salina Bookshelf
Age index: Ages 9-12
Sale Popularity Level: 1020211
Studio: Salina Bookshelf
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As fire creeps toward the village of the First People, First Man and First Woman must find a way to quench the flames. First Woman asks the Bird People, the River People, and the Water People for assistance, but everyone she speaks to has an excuse. “Not me,” said Mockingbird. “The smoke would hurt my voice and I would never sing again.” “Not me,” said Snail. “I carry my house with me and I am slow.” “No,” said Beaver. “We’d like to help, but our river home would become a desert if we changed the flow of water.” At last, First Woman asks the mysterious Frog for help. Will he be able to stop the flames before they reach the village? Author Patricia Hruby Powell’s retelling of this Navajo folktale is as graceful as it is compelling, and as magical as the mythical time it describes. Enter the village of the First People … and become a part of the time when the world was new.
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Written by former dancer, trapeze artist, and librarian Patricia Hruby Powell, and illustrated by Navajo Nation resident Kendrick Benally, Frog Brings Rain is a bilingual English/Navajo picturebook recounting an ancient Navajo folktale. When a terrible fire threatens the village of the First People, First Woman seeks aid, yet every creature she talks to has an excuse - Mockingbird, Snail, and Beaver all refuse to help. Only frog and crane come to the First People's rescue in their hour of need, and out of gratitude, First Woman promises to leave Frog his waters, and leave the springs and pools on the mountain to Crane. "To this day, Frog summons the rain showers by calling, 'Har-ar-umph. Har-ar-umph.'" The vividly stylized art perfectly complements the ancient legend, in this absorbingly beautiful, highly recommended children's picturebook.
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I liked Frog Brings Rain. I use it as one of my story's in story telling. The preschoolers loved it. It has lots of colour and is very easy to bring to life.
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ahéhee' bá ninaaltsoos (thank you for your book)
As I was reading Frog Brings Rain again this morning I became aware of not just the pictures and the words but, for the very first time, of the music that they make together. The easy rhythm of the words came very first then the rhythm of the pictures then the whole experience became one of music.
Thanks again (ahéhee' nááná)
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