The Spider, the Cave, and the Pottery Bowl

The Spider, the Cave, and the Pottery Bowl
Author: Eleanor Clymer
Publisher: Yearling
Total Pages: 84
Release: 1989
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780440401667

An Indian brother and sister are left alone for the summer in the care of their ailing grandmother.

A Second Look

A Second Look
Author: Andie Peterson
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 400
Release: 2007-10-19
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 1452087873

Four-hundred-twenty-five books are reviewed in this superb collection. A Second Look, Native Americans in Childrens Books gives a thorough examination of the books as a guide for parents, teachers, librarians, and administrators interested in books for children. Anyone involved in selecting books will find this guide useful in working through the maze of available materials. Andie Peterson, one of the few women to be awarded an Eagle Feather, has provided a meaningful criteria to help in judging books. She outlines ways for objectively studying books to draw conclusions as to the suitability for the reader. She writes candidly about books filled with stereotypes, hurtful images, and damaging text and illustrations. She writes eloquent, glowing reviews of the books that are real treasures. She writes: On a daily basis, children must face the hidden curriculum that lets them know where they fit in, whether they can achieve their goals, whether they even dare to dream. An overwhelming part of that hidden curriculum begins with books that are more narrative and illustrations; they are books that carry a message of politics and values. Andie advises that in selecting Native American books, the non-Native child must be considered, also. She counsels that hurtful books set in motion attitudes of prejudice that persist for years. She states that she has reviewed books with older copyrights because they are still on the shelves in libraries and available via the Internet. She says reading the older books helps to understand how adults have formed ideas about Native people. She says: After all, if its in a book in the library, people believe it to be true. Its time to disturb the peace and end the ritual of damage. A Second Look, Native Americans in Childrens Books By Andie Peterson

Medley

Medley
Author: William Kirtley Durr
Publisher:
Total Pages: 552
Release: 1979
Genre: Readers
ISBN: 9780395265932

A fourth-grade reader with stories, articles, plays, poems, and lessons in such skills as using a dictionary and distinguishing between fact and opinion.

Art and Children

Art and Children
Author: Robin Works Davis
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Total Pages: 172
Release: 1996
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780810831582

Art and literature are essential components of a child's education that encourage creativity, self-expression, and abstract, critical thinking. These skills, in turn, help a child excel in math, science, reading, and drama. However, traditional educational settings often destroy a child's innate self-esteem and creativity. Art and Children is an indispensable aid to educators and librarians interested in helping young children achieve their artistic and creative potential. This teaching aid provides thematic, unit-based activities that use art and literature to develop skills such as interpretation, self-expression, critical thinking, experiential learning, and problem solving. Accompanied by numerous examples, it offers step-by-step suggestions on how to plan, implement, and present these units and their related activities. Addresses of art suppliers are also provided.

Something about the Author

Something about the Author
Author: Hile
Publisher: Something about the Author
Total Pages: 346
Release: 1996-02
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 9780810393714

Series covers individuals ranging from established award winners to authors and illustrators who are just beginning their careers. Entries cover: personal life, career, writings and works in progress, adaptations, additional sources, and photographs.

The Best in Children's Books

The Best in Children's Books
Author: Zena Sutherland
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 504
Release: 1973
Genre: Children's literature
ISBN: 9780226780573

Reviews 1,400 books for children chosen as the best published during the years 1966-1972.

The Literature Lover's Book of Lists

The Literature Lover's Book of Lists
Author: Judie L. H. Strouf
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 437
Release: 1999-09-15
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0735201218

Wonderful for browsing, and invaluable for finding specific information, Literature Lovers Book of Lists is a compendium of useful and sometimes whimsical information for anyone who loves books and loves to read, at any age or reading level. It is organized into nine sections and provides nearly 200 lists relating to genres, authors, characters and settings, awards, literary terms with their definitions and much more. There are even lists of books of prose and poetry available on audiocassettes. If it has to do with literature, this book has the answers. What book has had the longest run on The New York Times best-seller list? Who is the only four-time winner of the Pulitizer Prize for drama? What is the complete list of Shakespeare's plays and poems? Who are some of the most notable African American authors? What are the three main variations of the sonnet? What famous writers belonged to The Bloomsbury Group? Literature Lovers Book of Lists is both exciting and informative at the same time.