A boy and his grandfather go hiking in the Arizona desert, where they observe the many rock carvings and imagine the lives of the Hohokam people who lived there in ancient times.
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Ages 6^-9. A young boy and his grandfather look at petroglyphs carved in the rocks at their favorite spot in the desert and speculate on the daily life of the ancient Hohokam people who drew them. The story is basically an anthropology lesson within the framework of a family outing, and as such, it works well. Webb delivers a great deal of what is known about the Hohokam through an unforced, if deliberate, question-and-answer format--the boy asks questions, and the grandfather answers them. Porter's watercolor illustrations are very effective when showing the boy and his grandfather in their present-day environment. They are somewhat less so when depicting the Hohokam. What ties the "lesson within the story" together is the boy's recognition that "the ones who came before" once lived under the same sun and sky that he does. An extensive author's note provides additional information on the Hohokam. Janice Del Negro
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