Gerald McDermott

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1) Tim O'Toole and the wee folk: an Irish tale

Author

McDermott, Gerald

Publisher

Viking

Pub. Date

1990

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

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A very poor Irishman is provided with magical things by the "wee folk", but he must then keep his good fortune out of the hands of the greedy McGoons.

2) The fox and the stork

Author

McDermott, Gerald

Series

A Green Light reader

Publisher

Harcourt Brace

Pub. Date

c1999

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 1.8 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Formats

Book, Early Reader

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A retelling of the La Fontaine fable in which a stork finds a way to outwit the fox that tricked him.

3) Raven: a trickster tale from the Pacific Northwest

Author

McDermott, Gerald

Series

Trickster tales (Gerald McDermott)

Publisher

Harcourt Brace Jovanovich

Pub. Date

[1993]

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

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Raven, a Pacific Coast Indian trickster, sets out to find the sun.

4) Arrow to the sun: a Pueblo Indian tale

Author

McDermott, Gerald

Publisher

Viking Press

Pub. Date

1974

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

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An adaptation of the Pueblo Indian myth which explains how the spirit of the Lord of the Sun was brought to the world of men.

5) Jabuti the tortoise: a trickster tale from the Amazon

Author

McDermott, Gerald

Series

Trickster tales (Gerald McDermott)

Publisher

Harcourt

Pub. Date

[2001]

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

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All the birds enjoy the song-like flute music of Jabuti, the tortoise, except Vulture who, jealous because he cannot sing, tricks Jabuti into riding his back toward a festival planned by the King of Heaven.

6) Musicians of the sun

Author

McDermott, Gerald

Publisher

Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

Pub. Date

c1997

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

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In this retelling of an Aztec myth, Lord of the Night sends Wind to free the four musicians that the Sun is holding prisoner so they can bring joy to the world.