Children's Books

Index by TITLE: reviews one at a time



Reading level for CHILDREN's LIST is from preschool (picture and concept books) through about grade 3-4.

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  1. Education, All, Children's Books Reference, THROUGH INDIAN EYES: THE NATIVE EXPERIENCE IN BOOKS FOR CHILDREN, 39

  2. A,B,C's : THE AMERICAN INDIAN WAY, Richard Red Hawk, ABC, 47

  3. A COLORING BOOK OF HIDATSA INDIAN STORIES BASED ON THE LIFE AND DRAWINGS OF EDWARD GOODBIRD, Compiled by Roberta Krim and Thomas Thompson, Coloring Book, 52

  4. ATARIBA AND NIGUAYONA, Consuelo Mendez, Legend, 10

  5. BEYOND THE RIDGE, Paul Goble, Fiction, traditional, 32

  6. BLACK ELK: A MAN WITH A VISION, Carol Greene, Biography, 45

  7. BOAT RIDE WITH LILLIAN TWO BLOSSOM, Patricia Polacco, Fiction, 59

  8. BUFFALO WOMAN, Paul Goble, Legend, 38

  9. CHEYENNE AGAIN, Eve Bunting, illustratd by Irving Toddy, Historical, fictionalized, 76

  10. COYOTE AND LITTLE TURTLE: A TRADITIONAL HOPI TALE,, told by Hershel Talashoema, translated and edited by Emory Sekaquaptewa and Barbara Peppe, Legend, 12

  11. COYOTE AND THE WINNOWING BIRDS: A TRADITIONAL HOPI TALE, told by Eugene Sekaquaptewa, translated and edited by Emory Sekaquaptewa and Barbara Pepper,, Legend, 13

  12. CROW AND HAWK, by Michael Rosen, illustrated by John Clementson, Legend, non-traditional, 22

  13. DAKOTA INDIANS COLORING BOOK, Drawings by Chet Kozlak, Dakota language and cultural info: Elsie M. Cavendar, Lorraine Cavendar-Gougé, and Mary C. Riley, Sisseton Band Dakota (Upper Sioux Reservation), and Evelyn M. Prescott, Mdewakanton Band Dakota (Lower Sioux Reservation), Coloring Book, 53

  14. DANCING DRUM -- A CHEROKEE LEGEND, Terri Cohlene, illustrated by Charles Reasoner, Legend, 60

  15. DID YOU HEAR THE WIND SING YOUR NAME?: AN ONEIDA SONG OF SPRING, Sandra De Coteau Orie, illustrated by Christopher Canyon, Nonfiction - Nature, 24

  16. EARTHMAKER'S TALES and MORE EARTHMAKER'S TALES, NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN STORIES, Retold and illustrated by Gretchen Will Mayo, Legend, retold, 44

  17. FIRE RACE: A KARUK COYOTE TALE,, retold by Jonathan London, illustrated by Sylvia Long, Legend, 25

  18. FORBIDDEN TALENT, story and illustrations by Redwing T. Nez, as told to Kathryn Wilder, Fiction, contemporary, 16

  19. GIVING THANKS: A NATIVE AMERICAN GOOD MORNING MESSAGE,, written by Chief Jake Swamp, illustrated by Erwin Printup, Jr, Cultural (prayer), 4

  20. GLUSKABE AND THE FOUR WISHES, retold by Joseph Bruchac, illustrated by Christine Nyburg Shrader, Legend, 2

  21. GRANDFATHER BEAR: A STORY TOLD IN CREE, Illustrated by Donna Cameron. Translated into English by Della Owens and Harriet Landry, Fiction, traditional, 31

  22. HANDS ON, MINDS ON SCIENCE ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN, American Indian Science and Engineering Society, Science, curriculum supperment, 806

  23. HERE COMES TRICKY RABBIT and BIG TROUBLE FOR TRICKY RABBIT; NATIVE AMERICAN TRICKSTER TALES, Retold and illustrated by Gretchen Will Mayo, Legend, retold, 41

  24. HOUSS OF BARK, Bonnie Shemie, Non-fiction, lifestyle, 11

  25. HOW THE SEA BEGAN: A TAINO MYTH, George Crespo, Legend, 73

  26. HOW THE SEASONS CAME: A NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN FOLK TALE, Joanna Troughton, Legend, 74

  27. HOW THUNDER AND LIGHTNING CAME TO BE,, retold by Beatrice Orcutt Harrell with collages by Susan L. Roth, Legend, retold, 23

  28. HOW TURTLE'S BACK WAS CRACKED: A TRADITIONAL CHEROKEE TALE,, retold by Gayle Ross, paintings by Marv Jacob., Legend, retold, 14

  29. IKTOMI AND THE BERRIES, Paul Goble, Legend, 33

  30. IKTOMI AND THE BOULDER, Paul Goble, Legend, 35

  31. IKTOMI AND THE BUFFALO SKULL, Paul Goble, Legend, 34

  32. IKTOMI AND THE BUZZARD, Paul Goble, Legend, 36

  33. IKTOMI AND THE DUCKS, Paul Goble, Legend, 1

  34. IN A CIRCLE LONG AGO: A TREASURY OF NATIVE LORE FROM NORTH AMERICA, retold by Nancy Van Laan, illustrated by Lisa Desimini., Poetry, Songs, legends, 5

  35. INDIAN CAMPFIRE TALES: LEGENDS ABOUT THE WAYS OF ANIMALS AND MEN, W.S. Phillips, Legend, 48

  36. KA-HA-SI AND THE LOON -- AN ESKIMO LEGEND, Terri Cohlene, illustrated by Charles Reasoner, Legend, 63

  37. KEEPERS OF LIFE: DISCOVERING PLANTS THROUGH NATIVE AMERICAN STORIES AND ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN,, Michael J. Caduto and Joseph Bruchac, Science, environmental, 811

  38. KEEPERS OF THE ANIMALS: NATIVE AMERICAN STORIES AND WILDLIFE ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN, Michael J. Caduto and Joseph Bruchac, Science, environmental, 810

  39. KEEPERS OF THE EARTH: NATIVE AMERICAN STORIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN, Michael J. Caduto and Joseph Bruchac, Science, environmental, 803

  40. LITTLE FIREFLY -- AN ALGONQUIAN LEGEND, Terri Cohlene, illustratd by Chrales Reasoner, Legend, 58

  41. MEET TRICKY COYOTE and THAT TRICKY COYOTE, NATIVE AMERICAN TRICKSTER TALES, Retold and illustrated by Gretchen Will Mayo, Legend, retold, 42

  42. MUSH HOLE: MEMORIES OF A RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL, Maddie Harper Illustrations by Carlos Freire, Autobiography, 68

  43. NAVAJO ABC: A DINE ALPHABET BOOK, written by Luci Tapahonso and Eleanor Schick, illustrations by Eleanor Schick., ABC, 9

  44. OJIBWAY INDIANS COLORING BOOK, Drawings by Chet Kozlak, language phnetic translations, James E. Clark (Mille Lacs reservation), Coloring Book, 56

  45. PEOPLE OF CORN: A MAYAN STORY, Mary-Joan Gerson, illustrated by Carla Golembe, Legend, 15

  46. PEOPLE OF THE BREAKING DAY, Marcia Sewall, Lifestyle, 75

  47. POCAHONTAS -- GIRL OF JAMESTOWN, Kate Jassem, Biography, 50

  48. QUILLWORKER, A CHEYENNE LEGEND, Terri Cohlene, illustrated by Charles Reasoner, Legend, 62

  49. RAVEN: A TRICKSTER TALE FROM THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST, written and illustrated by Gerald McDermott, Legend, 26

  50. SONG OF SEDNA, Robert San Souci, illustratd by Daniel San Souci, Legend, 71

  51. SONGS ARE THOUGHTS: POEMS OF THE INUIT, Neil Philip, illustrated by Maryclare Foa, Poetry, Songs, 20

  52. STAR TALES and MORE STAR TALES; NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN STORIES, Retold and illustrated by Gretchen Will Mayo, Legend, retold, 43

  53. STORM BOY, Paul Owen Lewis, Legend -- picture bk, 72

  54. TEN LITTLE RABBITS, Virginia Grossman, Counting book, 49

  55. THE BOY WHO LIVED WITH THE SEALS, Rafe Martin, illustrated by David Shannon, Legend, 27

  56. THE BRAVEST FLUTE: A STORY OF COURAGE IN THE MAYAN TRADITION, Ann Grifalconi, Fiction, 67

  57. THE EYE OF THE NEEDLE, Terri Sloat, Fiction, 69

  58. The First Americans : Tribes of North America, Jane Werner Watson., Nonfiction, 3

  59. THE FLAME OF PEACE: A TALE OF THE AZTECS, Deborah Nourse Lattimore, illustrated by author, Fiction, historical, 29

  60. THE GIRL WHO LOVED WILD HORSES, Paul Goble, Legend, 37

  61. THE HUNTER AND THE WOODPECKER: AN INDIAN LEGEND, Christine Crowl, Legend, 65

  62. THE NIGHT THE GRANDFATHERS DANCED, by Linda Theresa Raczek, illustrated by Katalin Olah Ehling, Fiction, contemporary, 17

  63. THE PATH OF THE QUIET ELK: A NATIVE AMERICAN ALPHABET BOOK, Virginia A. Stroud, ABC, Culture, environment, 46

  64. THE PEOPLE SHALL CONTINUE, Simon Ortiz, illustrated by Sharol Graves, History, general, children's, 216

  65. THE PRINCE AND THE SALMON PEOPLE, Claire Rudolph Murphy, illustrated by Duane Pasco, Legend, 70

  66. THE RAINBOW BRIDGE , by Audrey Wood, paintings by Robert Florczak, Legend, 18

  67. THE ROUGH-FACE GIRL, Rafe Martin, Illus. David Shannon, Legend (fictionalized), 57

  68. THE SAME SUN WAS IN THE SKY, by Denise Webb, illustrated by Walter Porter, Fiction, 8

  69. THE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN (K-8), National Sciences Resource Center, Science curriculum, K-8, 809

  70. THE STAR MAIDEN, by Barbara Juster Esbensen, illustrated by Helen K. Davie., Legend, 6

  71. THE STORY OF THE MILKY WAY: A CHEROKEE TALE, by Joseph Bruchac, Legend, 7

  72. THE TLINGIT, Alice Osinski, Nonfiction - Lifstyle, 21

  73. THE TREES STAND SHINING: POETRY OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS, selected by Hettie Jones, illustrated by Robert Andrew Parker., Poetry, songs, 28

  74. TJATJAKIY-MATCHAN (COYOTE): A LEGEND FROM CARMEL VALLEY, Told and illustrated by Alex Ramirez, Legend, 55

  75. TURQUOISE BOY -- A NAVAJO LEGEND, Terri Cohlene, illustrated by Charles Reasoner, Legend, 64

  76. WATERDRUM SCIENCE, Carolyn A. Petty, Science, curriculum supplement, 807

  77. WHALE BROTHER, by Barbara Steiner, Illustrated by Gretchen Will Mayo, Fiction, traditional, 40

  78. WHEN THE WORLD ENDED; HOW HUMMINGBIRD GOT FIRE; HOW PEOPLE WERE MADE -- RUMISEN OHLONE STORIES, Told and illustrated by Linda Yamane, Legend, 54

  79. WHITE BUFFALO WOMAN, A STORYBOOK BASED ON INDIAN LEGEND, Christine Crowl, Legend, 66

  80. WHY THERE IS NO ARGUING IN HEAVEN: A MAYAN MYTH, Deborah Nourse Lattimore, illustrated by author, Legend, 30

  81. YOUNG GOAT'S DISCOVERY, written and illustrated by Arline Warner, Fiction, contemporary, 19

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