Retellings

  • First Fire: An Algonkian Story

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    For fans of acclaimed author, Joseph Bruchac, a First Nations origin story of how humans acquired fire with the help of the animals.

    Imagine a time when humans huddled together to keep from freezing

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    • Author: Bruchac, Joseph
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 44
    • Publish Date: May 05 2026
    • ISBN10: 1957670223
    • Language: English
  • The Children of the Sun: An Inca Legend

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    The birth of human civilization is recounted in this celebrated Incan legend, retold by Peruvian poet Micaela Chirif and award-winning illustrator Juan Palomino.

    How was the world’s first city formed?

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    • Series: Stories from Latin America (Sla)
    • Author: Chirif, Micaela
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 44
    • Publish Date: March 31 2026
    • ISBN10: 0802856543
    • Language: English
  • The Naming of Aki

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    This retelling of a traditional story celebrates what First Human and First Wolf see, taste, hear, smell, and touch as they wander aki, the earth, to be the namers of things.

    The story begins: “In the

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    • Author: Peacock, Thomas
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 32
    • Publish Date: October 07 2025
    • ISBN10: 1681343053
    • Language: English
  • The First Peoples

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    Based on an ancient Inuit traditional story, this beautifully illustrated picture book tells of the appearance of the first humans on earth, and how from them all the peoples of the earth emerged. Fro

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    • Author: Harper, Maika
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 24
    • Publish Date: October 07 2025
    • ISBN10: 1772275654
    • Language: English
  • Gluskonba and the Maple Trees

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    In early times, the Creator gave humans the gift of maple syrup. They could eat as much as they liked by simply breaking off a twig. Gluskonba, who had been given the power to change things, decided t

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    • Author: Bruchac, Joseph
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 40
    • Publish Date: May 28 2024
    • ISBN10: 157067423X
    • Language: Algonquin
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