Grasp Coyote: A Trickster Tale From The American Southwest Curated By Gerald McDermott Released As Text

a fun book about a coyote who has a nose for trouble, At first I thought it was too slow, but my son LOVES it! Worth owning, McDermott may have been the best you could do, looking for picture books of folktales that were anything other than European, back in the earlys in your local bigbox bookstore.
It's beenyears, and there's better stuff out there, now, I was able to read this through Kindle Freetime Unlimited, This Kindle picture book was done well, doubletap to enlarge the print and so on, It is worth the money to have as an ebook on a tablet device, I still wouldn't mind having a treasury with Gerald McDermott books on our physical shelf,
This trickster tale from the American Southwest tells the story of troublemaker Coyote, who wants to sing, dance and fly like the birds, When Coyote learns his new tricks, he becomes boastful Causing the birds to teach him a well needed lesson, This was a fun read, even for me and I am well out of elementary school, The illustrations in the book are vibrate and made with gouache, Illustrator McDermott uses a more box style of artwork but I find it very fitting for this piece, There are multiple lessons that come from this that a teacher with a younger group of kids could talk about after reading, some of those lessons include be kind, dont be a trouble maker and respect those around you.
There are also many lessons teachers could follow after the completion of this book, one would be drawing about and talking about a time they were not kind/respectful and it got them back or you could have students discuss the setting, and main characters, the options are endless.

Wherever Coyote goes you can be sure hell find trouble, Now he wants to sing, dance, and fly like the crows, so he begs them to teach him how, The crows agree but soon tire of Coyotes bragging and boasting, They decide to teach the great trickster a lesson, This time, Coyote has found real trouble!
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Gerald McDermott once again captures the charm of the trickster tales, This time it is Coyote who can not leave well enough alone when he asks the crows for a favor and then rubs their noses in it.


Tricksters are a favorite of mine in a lot of different cultures, It seems Mr. McDermott has similar feelings. His illustrations are visually appealing no matter your age or culture, This is one of the key reasons I like to present him to my students, Atyears old there are shapes, colors, and a whole host of other elements which can appeal to every child in my circle,Excited to share these tales with another group of students,

Hmmm, my curricular cycle seems to be a little ahead of last year's, Kids loved this just as much this year as last year,

Read this aloud as part of a unit with my fourth graders in which we are comparing and contrasting various trickster tales and discussing the ways that culture influences the various tales.
My students have thoroughly enjoyed Coyote and McDermott's many other folktale adaptations, There were parts I liked, but I am generally not a fan of trickster stories, This one kind of follows just because Coyote was not mean in this story but the Crows were, He suddenly became prideful, which added to the Crows' meanness, The illustrations were nice though, This is my second book by Gerald McDermott, This story is completely different than any Native American Literature I've read so far, Usually, in this genre, it involves the character being courageous and brave, However, in this story, the Coyote is ignorant and arrogant, He becomes boastful and becomes very self conceited, The gist of the story is that the Blue Coyote wanted to fit in with the crows and be able to fly, Once the crows assisted the Coyote to fly, he became ungrateful and rude to the crows, Thus, the crows turned their backs on the Coyote

and he tumbled down and failed to fly, When he fell down, he was covered with dust, Therefore, that is why coyote is grey today, Some aspects of the story go along with the genre, Such as the ending, when it explains why things are the way they are today, Also, the illustrations have a Aztec design to them, This story could teach students to always stay humble and be thankful for what we have, The sentences are short and easy to read, so this book would be ideal for third graders or strong readers in second grade, Coyote: A Trickster Tale from the American Southwest is appropriate for children in kindergarten through second grade,

Coyote, the tricksterfool, is common in Native American folklore, He is always getting in trouble, usually because he is rude, boastful and proud, In this tale, he wants to fly like the crows, and in the beginning they want to help him, But he predictably falls to the ground when the crows decide he is undeserving of their talent, He lands in a pool of water on a mesa, chases after the crows who laugh at his misfortune and tumbles in the dirt, And to this day, coyotes are a dusty gray color,

I think I enjoyed this tale because it reminded me of Wile E, Coyote and the Road Runner, From the start, you know the Coyote will never be able to accomplish his goal, but you read anyway because you want to experience his comical calamity.
I also thoroughly enjoyed the flat, geometric illustrations and the contrast of Coyote's brilliant blue against the sandy, redbrown of the Southwest,

McDermott's other trickster tales include: Raven: A Trickster Tale from the Pacific Northwest, Zomo the Rabbit: A Trickster Tale from West Africa, Jabuti the Tortoise: A Trickster Tale from the Amazon, Anansi the Spider: A Tale from the Ashanti, and PigBoy: A Trickster Tale from Hawai'i.

This version is a cute, fairly simple story of Coyote, Our lovable troublemaker wants to fly like the crows,

My second graders were able to relate to the social dynamics displayed in this myth, Coyote goes from asking for help to rudely boasting, and pays the price for his arrogance, They also enjoyed the visual of him trying to dance and flap his feather laden arms,

I hope to look into the other books by McDermott for future read aloud selections, I loved the moral of this story, the illustrations, and the geographic location, the American Southwest,

I'd like to read McDermott's other trickster tales, They include: Raven: A Trickster Tale from the Pacific Northwest, Zomo the Rabbit: A Trickster Tale from West Africa, Jabuti the Tortoise: A Trickster Tale from the Amazon, Anansi the Spider: A Tale from the Ashanti, and PigBoy: A Trickster Tale from Hawai'i.
Wherever Coyote goes you can be sure hell find trouble, Now he wants to sing, dance, and fly like the crows, so he begs them to teach him how, The crows agree but soon tire of Coyotes bragging and boasting, They decide to teach the great trickster a lesson, This time, Coyote has found real trouble! The Native American childrens folklore, Coyote: A Trickster Tale from the American Southwest, author and illustrator is Gerald McDermott, A blue furred Coyote, selfish and determined to look for trouble, finds a flock of crows having a good time, The Coyote tries to imitate the crows, but fails, When the Coyotes tail catches fire, the crows laugh and fly away, Hence, the legend of why a Coyote is the color of dust with a black tipped tail, This book is intended for Primary and Intermediate readers, No awards were distributed to the author for writing this book, I rated this book as a five,

The plot of the book is about trying to be different than what God intended, Even though the illustrations are brightly colored, the images are drawn realistically, The Coyote is colored blue until the end of the book, when the Coyote tumbles into dirt and remains the color of dust forever, The Coyotes appearance is razor sharp and frightening looking, As for the crows, they are illustrated in an Indian fashion sense, The head crow is named Old Man Crow and wears a red headband and an Indian stone necklace, representing the Chief, The six other crows wear green headbands and no necklaces, representing the tribe, The crows are designed with geometrical shapes and abstract art on the wings and tails, The illustrations are larger than life size and consume the whole page, The text is larger than normal to complement the large illustrations, Daytime is illustrated until the last page when the Coyote is limping home at night,

Due to the crows unity, Coyote: A Trickster Tale from the American Southwest is recommended, Children will learn how to stay together as a family and help others in need, Even though the crows take back the feathers, the crows tried to teach the Coyote a lesson, The lesson is to not imitate others and to be comfortable as an individual that God intended, The Coyotes symbolization of conniving and trickster ways will explain to children how not to act with others,PEN Center USA Award Winner for Children's Literature of thei borrowed from Kindle Unlimited, . . this is the best one, . . the illustrations take up the whole screen, . . but the text sure could be a lot bigger, . . i wish. these illustrations are just amazing, so gorgeous!! Beautiful retelling of this iconic figure I am sure Wile E, Coyote got lots of advice from him! Coyote has a nose for trouble, He spots some crows dancing and wants to join the fun, They allow it for a moment, but as soon as Coyote begins making demands of them, he is left behind in a cloud of dust,

McDermott draws beautiful pictures with gouache, colored pencils, and pastels, He vividly depicts the silly story of a vain character, This story is an excellent readaloud for a audience of many ages,

Theme: Native American tales
Additional themes: coyotes, crows, tricksters

ed from a library copy, It is so much fun when you are introduced to a new author, An author who offers readers such a wide variety of works to read and enjoy, Gerald McDermott is new to me, And, boy, am I enjoying his works!! Go ahead and ask, “Then why onlystars”

I enjoyed the story Coyote as a trickster okay, I grew up on Looney Tunes, You know, Roadrunner and Coyote, I just found this story and lesson a little too cerebral for the younger reader, Even as an adult, I had to really think about the message, Please dont think poorly of me,

Take a chance, You may enjoy it. Librarian Note: There is than one author in the Goodreads database with this name, Gerald McDermott is an award winning childrens book illustrator and an expert on mythology, His work often combines bright colors and styles with ancient imagery, He has created thanbooks and animated films, His first book, sitelink Anansi the Spider, was awarded a Caldecott Honor, and hes since won the Caldecott Medal for sitelink Arrow to the Sun and another Caldecott Honor.
Librarian Note: There is than one author in the Goodreads database with this name, Gerald McDermott is an award winning childrens book illustrator and an expert on mythology, His work often combines bright colors and styles with ancient imagery, He has created thanbooks and animated films, His first book, sitelink Anansi the Spider, was awarded a Caldecott Honor, and hes since won the Caldecott Medal for sitelink Arrow to the Sun and another Caldecott Honor.
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