Fifteen thousand years before Europeans stepped foot in the Americas, people had already spread from tip to tip and coast to coast. These Native Americans sought to understand their place in the universe, the nature of their relationship with the divine, and the origin of the world into which their ancestors had emerged, and the answers lay in their sacred stories. Adapted for readers 9 to 12, here are traditional tales from the Mayans, Guarani, Hopi, Inuit, Sioux, and Ojibwe peoples, alongside Amanda Mijangos's stylish folk illustrations.