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YA
North American Indians Today series.
Although each book gives some cultural and historical background for a Native American tribal group, its main focus is the struggles and accomplishments of the featured tribe in modern times. Color photos and reproductions appear throughout the sometimes busy format. These informative, accessible titles will be useful resources. There are ten other fall 2003 books in this series. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these North American Indians Today titles: Creek, Sioux, Crow, Potawatomi, and Osage.
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4-6
Who Was...? series.
Illustrated by
Val Paul Taylor.
These short, illustrated books capture the lives of famous individuals with accessible prose. Each book spends considerable time explaining the childhood experiences of its subject and manages to give readers a sense of the individual's personality and motives. All but Tallchief and Houdini have bibliographies. Timeline. [Review covers these Who Was...? titles: Who Is Maria Tallchief?, Who Was Amelia Earhart?, Who Was Harriet Tubman?, Who Was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?, and Who Was Harry Houdini?.]
24 pp.
| Bridgestone
| September, 2002
|
LibraryISBN 0-7368-1367-5$$18.60
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K-3
Native Peoples series.
In each of the short books in this series, present-day information (religion, government) about a Native American tribe is sometimes intermingled with historical events, which is potentially confusing. The text is illustrated with color illustrations and photos and includes a related game or craft and relevant addresses and Internet sites. There are four other new books in this series. Bib., glos., ind. [Review covers these Native Peoples titles: The Apsaalooke (Crow) Nation, The Utes, The Cree Tribe, and The Osage.]
32 pp.
| Viking
| October, 1999
|
TradeISBN 0-670-88756-0$$15.99
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4-6
Illustrated by
Gary Kelley.
Kelley uses pastels to capture the drama of the dance, both in its studio discipline and in its evanescent beauty, while the frankly honest, even immodest, Tallchief reflects on her gifts in the first-person narrative. Her single-minded passion, conveyed in a clear, occasionally poetic text, will hold appeal and meaning for an audience beyond that of hopeful ballerinas.
Reviewer: Susan P. Bloom
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
January, 2000
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