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Jabuti the tortoise: a trickster tale from the Amazon / told and illustrated by Gerald McDermott.
All the birds enjoy the songlike flute music of Jabuti, the tortoise, except Vulture, who jealous he cannot sing, tricks Jabuti into riding his back toward a festival planned by the King of Heaven.
Record details
- ISBN: 0152004963
- Physical Description: unpaged : col. ill.
- Publisher: Orlando : Harcourt, c2001.
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| Subject: | Indians of South America > Amazon River Valley Tales > Amazon River Region Turtles > Folklore Vultures > Folklore |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Cookstown Branch | FOL JP McDer | 31681001332394 | PICTURE | Available | - |
GERALD MCDERMOTT (1941-2012) was an internationally acclaimed author-illustrator of books for children. A graduate of Pratt Institute in New York City and a lifelong artist, he began his career as an animated filmmaker before moving into the creation of children's books based on storytelling traditions from around the world. He was awarded the Caldecott Medal and two Caldecott Honors; his extensive and influential body of work includes six popular picture books focusing on the trickster motif. Devoted to oral tradition and the transformative power of mythology, he was the first Fellow of the Joseph Campbell Foundation and served as a consultant on mythology in education. www.geraldmcdermott.com
