Deborah L. Duvall

Grandmother Stories

Rabbit and the Wolves (Jun-2005)
How Medicine Came to the People (Nov-2012)
The Opossum's Tale (Nov-2012)

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  How Rabbit Lost His Tail
  

  • Sep-2003
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  Rabbit, whose Cherokee name is Ji-Stu, is known far and wide for his splendid tail. Long and bushy, and covered with thick, silky fur, he likes to show his tail off at the dances. All the girl animals want to dance with Ji-Stu because of his beaut...

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  Rabbit and the Wolves
  

  • Jun-2005
  • / General Fiction
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  Grandmother Stories
  

  In this sixth volume of the Grandmother Stories, Deborah Duvall blends two ancient Cherokee tales into an adventure story. Ji-Stu, the Cherokee trickster Rabbit, sets out to prove that he can magically be transformed into a great singer whose voice w...

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  Rabbit Goes to Kansas
  

  • Oct-2007
  • / General Fiction
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  Come along as Ji-Stu the rabbit and his friend Wildcat follow the North Star for days until they find a giant cottonwood tree. It stands atop a tall hill covered with sunflowers. According to an old story, this hilltop is home to a tribe of myster...

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  Rabbit and the Well
  

  • May-2008
  • / General Fiction
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  In Ji-Stu the Rabbit's forest, the rain has stopped falling and the river is drying up. Soon the forest creatures will have no water to drink. One day Ji-Stu has an idea: there's plenty of water deep in the ground. What the animals need is a well!...

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  Rabbit and the Fingerbone Necklace
  

  • Nov-2009
  • / General Fiction
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  "The power of the bones!" Ji-Stu the Rabbit sings along as he dances around the fire with a flock of shiny ravens. The ravens have traveled a great distance to visit Ji-Stu's forest, and Ji-Stu is pleased to learn that he alone is invited to their...

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  How Medicine Came to the People
  

  • Nov-2012
  • / General Fiction
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  Grandmother Stories
  

  "A long time ago, all the animals and people lived happily together," begins this story of the origins of Cherokee herbal medicine. As the people begin to outnumber the animals and then to hunt them for their hides and meat, the days of peaceful coex...

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  The Opossum's Tale
  

  • Nov-2012
  • / General Fiction
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  Grandmother Stories
  

  Have you ever seen an opossum, hurrying across the road with its eyes and coat shining in your headlights? Or hanging upside down from a tree? Or lying on the ground 'playing possum' as if dead? And did you ever wonder why the opossum acts this way? ...

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