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How the Stars Fell into the Sky: A Navajo Legend (Sandpiper Houghton Mifflin Books)

3 reviews
Jerrie Oughton

Houghton Mifflin, 1996

How the stars fell into the sky?
This is a thought provoking legend about the origin of the stars - the patterns and the absence of patterns to be found there. It contrasts human behaviour - represented by the first woman, with animal behaviour - represented by a coyote, and would be ideal for any child to hear, think about and to read. The illustrations are bold and vivid.

The Magic Weaver of Rugs: A Tale of the Navajo

1 review
Jerrie Oughton

Houghton Mifflin, 1994

Survival is better than a temporary answer
This book is about how a mythical being taught the native americans to weave rugs to keep them alive, through warmth and profit. The book is illustrated with vivid colors, and the story teaches young children that a temporary answer is not always the answer. It's language is simple, told in the form of a folktale - best read aloud.

Perfect Family

5 reviews
Jerrie Oughton

Houghton Mifflin, 2000

I read it, and I'm 27!
I happened across this book while at "story time" at our local library with my four year old. I read the inside flaps, and said 'what the heck'? Who was going to know I checked out a book form the kids' section? Perfect Family by Jerrie Oughton was one of the best books I've ever read. I highly recommend it to women of any age. Welcome O'Neal lives in Lily, North Carolina. It's 1955, and ...

The War in Georgia (Laurel-Leaf Books)

3 reviews
Jerrie Oughton

Laurel Leaf, 1999

Another Realistic YA by Oughton
Told in a vivid Southern first person, "The War in Georgia" takes place during the summer of 1945, and its poignant, uneasy battles and victories are mirrored by World War II. A frequent theme of Oughton's is `what constitutes a family?'. Shanta Cola's homelife depicts a nontraditional but enviably solid family. Oughton's compassionate novels lovingly co-mingle hopes and hurts, and are a ...

Music from a Place Called Half Moon

4 reviews
Jerrie Oughton

Houghton Mifflin, 1995

Music From a Place Called Half Moon... Captivaving!!
This book is awesome. It is written in a way that makes you feel as it you are right with Edie Jo the whole time. You go on a journey with Edie Jo through her 13th summer, and what a journey it is! There are many surprises in store for you inside Music From a Place Called Half Moon.