Pueblo storyteller (Unknown Binding)

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Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

A companion to Totem Pole, this involving photo essay effectively illuminates the lives and folk art of the people of the Cochiti Pueblo near Santa Fe, N.M. The informative account is narrated by April Trujillo, who lives and works with her grandparents, Pueblo potters. Readers learn, along with April, how to make Pueblo Indian Bread (ba'a), how traditional pottery is made, decorated and fired, how a Chochiti drum is made, and more. In the book's final chapter, April and her grandmother share the ancient legend about how their ancestors founded the pueblo along the Rio Grande River--"How the People Came to Earth." The bright, crisp, almost shadowless photographs smoothly integrate additional details into the lively text. Includes Glossary and Index. Ages 8-10.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From School Library Journal

Grade 2-6-- As they did in Totem Pole (Holiday, 1990), this author/photographer team introduces a contemporary Native American family through a child's first-person narration. Ten-year-old April lives with her grandparents, uncle, two aunts, and cousin in the Cochiti Pueblo near Santa Fe, New Mexico. Her life is shown, through pictures and text, to be a mixture of traditional practices and modern ways. The theme of traditions kept alive through the storyteller is woven throughout the text, which ends with a Pueblo legend of "How the People Came to Earth." Vocabulary and pronunciation are smoothly provided in context. The photographs have an informal quality; they look like snapshots from a family album and invite readers into April's world. Children wanting to read more Pueblo stories might enjoy Valerie Scho Carey's Quail Song (Putnam, 1990), a retelling of a Pueblo coyote story. Charlotte and David Yue's The Pueblo (Houghton, 1986) and Stephen Trimble's The Village of Blue Stone (Macmillan, 1990) present the lives of these ancient people for children who would like to learn about April's ancestors. --Barbara Chatton, College of Education, University of Wyoming, Laramie
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Unknown Binding: 26 pages
• Publisher: Macmillan/McGraw-Hill School Pub. Co (1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0021795118
• ISBN-13: 978-0021795116
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #3,770,749 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Nice Story, February 12, 2007

By	C. Brandenstein - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Pueblo Storyteller (Hardcover)

Made me think of home, I'm Cochiti too and a long ways from New Mexico. Reading this book I could smell the pinon wood burning and the bread baking. Great for kids to get a sense of a different culture that is very unique and special.

5.0 out of 5 stars Terrific Book!, June 20, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Pueblo Storyteller (Hardcover)

Provides a great portrait of modern Pueblo life. I really feel I learned a lot and enjoyed it throughly. I highly recommend this book for children interested in Native Americans and for teachers teaching social studies.