Two Bear Cubs: A Miwok Legend from California's Yosemite Valley

By San Souci and Robert D. San Souci

Book Overview

This engaging and popular retelling of the Southern Sierra Miwok legend features the great Yosemite Valley monolith, El Capitan, and how it came to be.

Mother Grizzly Bear thinks that her two playful cubs are wrestling and having fun along the Merced River while she is checking her fish traps. When she returns to join her sons, however, she discovers the cubs are nowhere to be found. It takes an unlikely hero to bring her cubs safely home. Populated with characters based on real Sierra Nevada animals, this story is about the value of all beings, the nature of courage, and the idea that being a hero has very little to do with one's size. Includes an Author's Note about the life and culture of the Southern Sierra Miwok people and a bibliography.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1930238584
• ISBN13: 9781930238589
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: Yosemite Conservancy
• Length: 36 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 9.6" x 10.6"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

A great California Indian tale

As a fourth grade teacher in California, I have the pleasure of teaching California history. This book is a great retelling of an old Miwok Indian legend set in Yosemite Valley. Locals, Robert and Daniel San Souci write and illustrate a fun story that tells of the formation of El Capitan in Yosemite. It also teaches that each individual, regardless of size can make a difference. At the end of the book is information on the Miwok tribe and a helpful list of related readings and web sites. The students love the book and it is a fun way to present a California tribe's legend.