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Provides an illustrated overview of South Pacific mythology, covering Australia, New Zealand, Polynesia, and Hawaii, and discussing the unique qualities and traditions of the region's mythology.

In this collection of moving personal essays, developmental college instructors write about the challenges and rewards of teaching. The essays, a tribute ti both teachers and their students, provide an inspiring reminder that it is possible to make a real difference in a person's life.

In this collection of inspiring personal essays, college students of the 90's write about the difficulties getting to college and succeeding there. Many of the essays describe extraordinary people, who despite enormous challenges, have taken strong, positive steps to make their lives what they want them to be.

Retells the creation story of Mexico's Totonacos Indians, which explains how the gods, humans, and animals were made and how the cultivation of maize began.

A lyrical account of the earth's creation and the advent of music.

Presents a rhyming rendition of the six days in which God made the seas, the skies, and the creatures and of the seventh day on which He rested to admire them.

In the Spring of Creation, the animals gather around a newly arrived creature and decide that it is funny and cute--a joke of Mother Nature--and work together to save this first human child from extinction.

A myth that explains the origin of the sea, the forest, and the island now called Puerto Rico.

Describes how Mahtmi created the first man from the dark rich earth of Mount Kilimanjaro and gave him a gift marking him as special.