Book coverSpider Spins A Story
Fourteen Legends from Native America

compiled by Jill Max
(Rising Moon, 1998)

ISBN: 0873586115 — Hardcover
ISBN-10: 087358936X — Paperback
ISBN-13: 978-0873589369 — Paperback

Fourteen Native American Legends including the Kiowa, Zuni, Cherokee, Hopi, Lakota, and Muskogee, featuring the spider character in various forms, and illustrated by six Native American Artists.

A 1998 Oklahoma Book Award Finalist.

SPIDER SPINS A STORY is now available in Paperback!

Reviews:

 

From School Library Journal:

 

“A worthwhile addition to both folktale and Native American collections.”

From Reading on the Road by Alan Tack:

 “Readers will relish both the stories and the lessons provided by fourteen spider legends from a wide range of Native cultures, each enlivened by the artistry of a Native painter”

From Southwest Indian Foundation:

 

“This popular book will help young readers appreciate the power of myth and legend in the lives of all people.”

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