Sunflower's Promise: A Zuni Legend (Native American Legends) [Paperback]

Gloria Dominic (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1, 1998 | Age Level: 7 and up | Grade Level: 2 and up | Series: Native American Legends & Lore

The clever and beautiful maiden Sunflower promises to marry the man who can rid her fields of the wild animals that are eating her beans and corn.

The Legends of the World opens readers' minds to the diverse cultures of Native America, Asia, Africa, the Caribbean, Eastern Europe, and the Americas through enchanting tales passed down through countless generations. Each book in the series features geographical, historical, and cultural information. Illustrated in full color.

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From School Library Journal

Gr 3-6-Each tape features a story from a Native American tribe, a brief account of the tribe's culture and history, and a glossary of terms. The two distinctly different delivery styles of the narrators reflect the wide range of moods conveyed in this collection of legends. Mara DeMey's soft voice fits the gentleness of the stories which describe the character's love for the earth, while the highly animated performance that Peter Thomas delivers is appropriate for the briskly paced adventure tales. The background animal sounds in each story give listeners the sensation of being close to nature. The paperback books feature boldly colored illustrations. Elementary school teachers and students will find this collection informative and entertaining.-Mark P. Tierney, William B. Wade Elementary School, Waldorf, MD

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 7 and up
  
• Paperback: 48 pages
• Publisher: Troll Communications; 1st Pbk. Ed edition (August 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0816745153
• ISBN-13: 978-0816745159
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 7.8 x 0.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,599,910 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #19 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Children's Books > Literature > Fairy Tales, Folk Tales & Myths > United States

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1.0 out of 5 stars Sunflower's Promise, March 4, 2005

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This review is from: Sunflower's Promise: A Zuni Legend (Native American Legends) (Paperback)

This a very corrupted version of one of our folktales. The second half of the book covers a little bit of our history, the people, food, Zuni today. Some of the information is not accurate. For example on page 35, second paragraph, it states that the Zuni people still live on top of a mesa we fled to in the 1680s during an attack by the Spanish. I can assure you that we do not live on top of a mesa. Also, how can we live near the Rio Grande River close to the border of Arizona? Our reservation is 12 miles from the Arizona border and the Rio Grande River is about 150 miles to the east. There are several misspellings on page 36, first paragraph, the word we use for ourselves is "A:shiwi", not "Siwi." And we do not have a third gender different from men and women. There are also a couple of pictures that are not of Zuni. The caption for a picture on page 39 reads, "A Zuni woman baking bread traditionally in a horno in the San Ildefonso Pueblo in 1935." This picture is definitely not of Zuni. A lot of the information is written in past tense whereas we're continuing our way of life and the practice of our religion and culture. I would not recommend this book as a reliable source for information on Zuni, and most definitely not if a teacher were considering it for a source of information for the classroom.