Millstone Education:
World Literature

Two children reading books

This Literature Unit Is:

Fire Race: A Karuk Coyote Tale of How Fire Came to the People
by Jonathan London & Tanny Pinola

 

Introduction

A Native American tale about the origins of fire. Good story and well-illustrated. Compare this story to another one on this site: Raven.

Edition I Use: Chronicle Books
Comments: ISBN #:0811814882 / $6.95
On-line text found here under the title "How Coyote Stole Fire."

Unit Sections:

Discussion Questions Fact Questions
Vocabulary with Sniffy the Hamster Additional Reading
Links