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K-3
All Aboard Reading series.
Illustrated by
Allan Eitzen.
Frantz's history includes brief information about the Haida people and native life in the Northwest and one legend to illustrate how totem poles may tell a story. The book ends in the present day with a carver carrying out the traditional art. Text and format are both acceptable for a young reader, and Eitzen uses a style reminiscent of Northwest Indian art to match the subject.
128 pp.
| Benchmark
| September, 2000
|
LibraryISBN 0-7614-0937-8$$32.79
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4-6
Lifeways series.
Each title offers a thorough historical overview of a Native American tribe and discusses its people's modern-day struggles. Featuring reproductions of contemporary and historical photographs and artwork that reflects the individual tribes' unique traditions, these editions are both history lessons and art books. Each title includes a recipe, time line, brief language lesson, and annotated list of notable people of the profiled nation. Bib., glos., ind.
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K-3
The distinctive artistic style of Northwest Coast tribal groups is used to illustrate this simple story of a boy who, lost in a storm, finds himself among killer whale people who teach him a dance and help him return to his people. In an appended note, the author explains that this is an original story based on his knowledge of Northwest Coast cosmology.
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K-3
A Native girl watches some village boys capturing frogs from a nearby lake. When an elder from the frog village asks for her help, the girl frees the frogs, averting the destruction of her village. The illustrations are bold but sometimes awkward. A lengthy author's note explains that this original story is based on motifs in Native folklore of the Pacific Northwest.
48 pp.
| Carolrhoda
| April, 1999
|
LibraryISBN 1-57505-333-0$$16.95
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4-6
World's Children series.
Information about the Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian cultures of Alaska is provided through the text and vivid color photos. Topics range from the influence of the Russian Orthodox religion to a children's summer camp that teaches traditional fishing and food preparation. Many children are shown and mentioned by name, but little information is provided about them and their families, which would have lent immediacy to the book. Ind.
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YA
Son of a British fighter pilot and a Tsimshian Indian, fourteen-year-old Canadian Jed is proud of his heritage and his country--until his best friend, Tadashi, a Japanese Canadian, is slated to be interned along with his family during World War II. Jed's assumptions about war, ethnicity, and fairness undergo many changes in this engaging novel.