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PUNIA AND THE KING OF SHARKS
Lee Wardlaw; Felipe Davalos
(ill.)
New York: Dial Books for Young
Readers, 1997
ISBN 978-0-8037-1682-7
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While fishing for lobster for
his family, Punia’s father was
eaten by sharks. In
retaliation, Punia tricks the
King of Sharks three times,
stealing lobster from him
each time, and ultimately
fighting him and exiling him from his home. This is a
Hawaiian trickster tale with rich, colorful illustrations
and wonderfully vibrant and poetic language.
THE RABBIT’S JUDGMENT
Suzanne Crowder Han; Yumi Heo (ill.)
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1994
ISBN 978-0-8050-2674-0
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A tiger convinces a man to
help him out of a deep pit,
but once he is rescued, he
threatens to eat him.
Rabbit and other creatures
are called in to judge the
case. Rabbit tricks Tiger to
get back into the pit and
they leave him there to
consider his ungrateful
ways.
THE RAINBOW BRIDGE
Audrey Wood; Robert Florczak (ill.)
New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1995
ISBN 978-0-15-265475-7
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This is the story of how the
Chumash people arrived in
California from Santa Cruz
Island by way of a rainbow
bridge. During the crossing,
many looked down and,
dizzy, fell off into the water.
The gods changed these
fallen Chumash into
dolphins, who are
considered to be sisters and
brothers of the tribe.
THE THREE QUESTIONS
John Muth
New York: Scholastic Press, 2002
ISBN 978-0-439-19996-4
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In this book three
moral questions are
posed by a boy in
search of himself and
his life’s purpose.
Young Nikolai learns
the answers to those
questions by helping
a stranger in need.
By this selfless act,
he then realizes what is most important in the world.
discovering and learning
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