The American Republic To 1877 © 2007

Unit 1: Different Worlds Meet

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Alexander the Great King by Olivia Coolidge
Anansi and His Visitor, Turtle by Edna Mason Kaula
Ankylosaurus by Jack Prelutsky
Atalanta by Betty Miles
Atalanta's Race by Rex Warner
Aunty Misery by Judith Ortiz Cofer
Bagged Wolf by Carol Kendall and Yao-wen Li
Cat and Rat: The Legend of the Chinese Zodiac by Ed Young
Chicoria adapted by José Griego y Maestas and retold by Rudolfo A. Anaya
Coyote and Wasichu Sioux Legend
Damon and Pythias by Fan Kissen
from When Plague Strikes by James Cross Giblin
Icarus and Daedalus by Josephine Preston Peabody
Leyenda by Pat Mora
New World by N. Scott Momaday
Prometheus retold by Bernard Evslin
Racing the Great Bear by Joseph Bruchac
Strawberries retold by Gayle Ross
The Dog of Pompeii by Louis Untermeyer
The Flying Machine by Ray Bradbury
The Force of Luck by Rudolfo A. Anaya
The Wise Old Woman by Yoshiko Uchida
We Are All One by Laurence Yep
Wings by Jane Yolen