A poetic adaptation of a Menominee lullaby follows a mother's bedtime song to her little warrior, which describes the whisper of the night winds, the call of the whippoorwill, the silken wings of moths, and other natural images.
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This adaptation of a Native American song is "image-rich [and] eminently musical," said PW in a starred review. Ages 6 mos. -5 yrs.
- eminently musical," said PW in a starred review. Ages 6 mos. -5 yrs.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
- eminently musical," said PW in a starred review. Ages 6 mos. -5 yrs.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From School Library Journal
PreSchool-K?In this adaptation of a Menominee Indian song, creatures gradually fall asleep around a mother and her child as the nocturnal world awakens. A few Algonquin words, transliterated, remain in Wood's rhyming English translation. Desimini's note indicates that the lifestyle portrayed is that of the Menominee people in their native Wisconsin at the turn of the century. The deep blues of the north dominate the unframed, oil-paint illustrations, which cover the pages with dark, opaque hues. The style is flat and primitive. The illustrator notes that she has simplified the dress of mother and child in order to generalize it, and in that generalization lies the problem. There is nothing particularly distinctive here, nor particularly Wisconsin. The setting, the sound of the poetry, and look of the art might just as easily be Hiawatha as anything else. Those who seek to celebrate Native American culture may want this bedtime book, but the uniqueness of the Menominee seems muted.?Ruth K. MacDonald, Bay Path College, Longmeadow, MA
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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A Beautiful Bedtime Book,
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This review is from: Northwoods Cradle Song: From a Menominee Lullaby (Paperback)
In Northwoods Cradle Song, a person can find three things that make a book especially appealing to me: a love and respect for nature, poetic text, and beautiful artwork. Everything works well here to create a book that is a joy to read to the children who matter in our lives.
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First Sentence:
Ne pa Ko, my sleepy head, Read the first page New!
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Front Cover | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
Ne pa Ko, my sleepy head, Read the first page New!
Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- My House by Lisa Desimini in Back Matter
- My House (Voyages) by David Drew in Back Matter
- My House (Cat on the Mat) by Leslie Wood in Back Matter
- The Great Peace March by Holly Near in Back Matter
- Old Turtle by Douglas Wood in Back Matter
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