Presents both factual information and a fictional story on the customs and daily life of the Chumash, an ancient civilization that lived along the California coast 9000 years ago.
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From School Library Journal
Grade 4-6-These books explore the history and daily life of the ancestors of Native American groups in the American Southwest and California. The first part of each title presents factual information about these cultures, including their location, shelter, food, beliefs, and social organization. Surprisingly rich "Day with" sections consist of fictionalized first-person accounts that reconstruct the life of a tribal member based on archaeological discoveries and anthropological investigations. Photographs of artifacts, images from rock paintings, as well as maps and diagrams are attractive and well placed. Captions add additional information. Unfortunately, the illustrations of people are often flat and stereotypical, detracting from the books' value. Nevertheless, these titles convey important facts while engaging the imagination.
Mary B. McCarthy, ACLIN/Colorado State Library
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Mary B. McCarthy, ACLIN/Colorado State Library
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Kirkus Reviews
A you-are-there glimpse of the Chumash, an ancient civilization that lived in what is now California about 9,000 years ago. As in other volumes in the A Day With series (see Brody, above), factual information is worked into a fictional story; here the focus is on Chulu, a canoe-builder, and his family. Lee recounts their customs and daily life, pointing out that ``because food was easy to obtain, the Chumash had time to become highly skilled artisans.'' They also had a complicated social structure, with a hierarchy determined by family connections and wealth. Lee is reverent toward her material, but makes Chumash culture admirable and accessible. (photos, map, glossary, further reading, index) (Nonfiction. 10-13) -- Copyright ©1999, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
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