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Monday, January 30, 2012

Snail Girl Brings Water

Book Title: Snail Girl Brings Water
Author(s): Geri Keams
Illustrator/Photographer/Artist: Richard Ziehler-Martin
Publisher: Northland Publishing Co.
Copyright Date: 1998
Genre: Folktale
Brief Annotation: This is a Navajo creation story. The story tells the myth of how fresh water came to the earth. It also gives us the reader myths of how different animals attained their attributes like a turtle’s hard shell or a frog’s bulging eyes. After several animals try and fail at bringing water to the earth, a small snail girl tells the first woman that she will go. Snail girl is successful but the bottle that she used to carry the water in has a hole in it. When she arrives back on land she thinks she has failed but the first woman is able to take the few drops of water that were left and sing a magical song to create a great river.
Your Rating (1-5) and Why: I rate this book a four because it is an interesting story with beautiful illustrations.
Readers who will like this book: I think animal lovers and folktale lovers will like this book
Teaching Strategy from Tompkins or Yopp & Yopp : Readers theatre would work well in this one as there are several characters to act out. The students each become a character in the story. They rehearse be reading and rereading their lines. The students decide how to use their voice and gestures. A few small props may be added if they don’t interfere with the interpretive quality of the reading.
Question to ask about this book before you read aloud: Have you ever thought about what makes an animal different from another?
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