While walking through a forest of sequoias, a father tells his family the story of the tree's namesake. Sequoyah was a Cherokee man who invented a system of writing for his people. His neighbors feared the symbols he wrote and burned down his home. All of his work was lost, but, still determined, he tried another approach. The Cherokee people finally accepted the written language after Sequoyah taught his six-year-old daughter to read.

"... comprising 126 Cherokee myths, including sacred stories, animal myths, local legends, wonder stories, historical traditions and miscellaneous myths and legends."

A biography of the Cherokee Indian who invented a system of writing for his people in the early nineteenth century and after whom the giant sequoia trees and Sequoia National Park were named.

Tells the story of the Cherokee leader, Sequoyah.

"How the World Was Made is a traditional Cherokee creation story. It takes place during a time when animals did many of the things that people can do. When the earth was young, the animals lived on a rock above it, and the earth was covered with water. The animals needed more room, but where could they find it? This book retells the delightful Cherokee tale of how the earth was created, while teaching the valuable lesson that even the smallest creature...