Two Bad Boys: A Very Old Cherokee Tale

by Gail E. Haley

When Boy, a lonely child, comes across a child in the wood who calls himself Wild Boy and who tells him that he is Boy's long-lost brother, Boy brings him home where, soon after, Boy's parents... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0525453113
• ISBN13: 9780525453116
• Release Date: August 1996
• Publisher: Dutton Books for Young Readers
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.9" x 11.3"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

A Different Perspective

I view this book differently from the other reviewer. What I get from reading this book is not an abbreviated version of the Selu and Kanati tale, but a portion of it. Being a children's picture book, therefore, not very long or complex, the author has chosen to relate only part of the whole story. I don't see it as a misrepresentation, but a segment. And that segment, while reminding some readers of the Adam and Eve story, reminded me more of the Pandora's Box myth, when all the world's evils were let out of the box. Meanwhile, the artwork is superb and contributes quite effectively to an enjoyable experience. I would buy this book, knowing it isn't a scholarly treatise and was not written as such.