Dr "HOO" & the Big Blue Box

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Citation

Goble, Paul. Her Seven Brothers. New York: Bradbury, 1988. Print.

Synopsis

A young Cheyenne girl renowned for her seamstress skills lives contentedly with her seven brothers — until an Indian chief wants her for himself. The brothers and sister escape to the star prairies, where they form the big dipper in this Plains Indian legend.

Author

Paul Goble was born in Haslemere, England.  He studied at the Central School of Art in London and then worked as an art teacher, as a furniture designer and as an industrial consultant.  In 1977, he moved to the Black Hills in South Dakota and was adopted by Chief Edgar Red Cloud.  Goble was greatly influenced by Plains Indian culture and his subsequent children’s books reflect this.  Most of his books, retellings of ancient stories, are told from the perspectives of different tribes among the Native Nations.

Awards

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Grades 4-5, ages 9-10, Native American Mythology...folklore with non-fiction information

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Citation

Wolfson, Evelyn. The Iroquois: People of the Northeast. Brookfield, CT: Millbrook, 1992. Print.

Synopsis

A history of Iroquois society, culture, and customs focuses on the confederated tribes of what is now the northeast U.S. and Canada from the sixteenth century to the present day

Author

Since graduating from college, Evelyn Wolfson has been teaching and writing about the environment, history, and Native American life. While raising two children, Mrs. Wolfson taught ecology and Indian lore to students and teachers at an environmental education center in Massachusetts. She also conducted teacher in-service training in Massachusetts schools. For the past thirty years she has been a teaching specialist in Native American culture in public schools throughout Massachusetts.

Awards

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Grades 4-5, ages 9-10, Native American History, Non-fiction

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Citation

Brooks, Barbara, and Luciano Lazzarino. The Seminole. Vero Beach, FL: Rourke Publications, 1989. Print.

Synopsis

Examines the history, traditional lifestyle, and current situation of the Seminole.

Author

Barbara Brooks is an author.

Awards

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Grades 4-5, ages 9-10, Native American History, Non-fiction

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Citation

McCall, Barbara A., and Luciano Lazzarino. The Iroquois. Vero Beach, FL: Rourke Publications, 1989. Print.

Synopsis

Examines the history, traditional lifestyle, and current situation of the Iroquois.

Author

Barbara McCall is an author.

Awards

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Grades 4-5, ages 9-10, Native American History, Non-fiction

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Citation

Stan, Susan, and Luciano Lazzarino. The Ojibwe. Vero Beach, FL: Rourke Publications, 1989. Print.

Synopsis

Examines the history, traditional lifestyle, and current situation of the Ojibwe, also known as the Chippewa.

Author

Susan Stan is a published author. Published credits of Susan Stan include Careers in an Art Museum (Early Career).

Awards

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Grades 4-5, ages 9-10, Native American history, non-fiction

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Citation

Freedman, Russell, and Karl Bodmer. An Indian Winter. New York: Holiday House, 1992. Print.

Synopsis

This book relates the experiences of a German prince, his servant, and a young Swiss artist as they traveled through the Missouri River Valley in 1833 learning about the territory and its inhabitants and recording their impressions in words and pictures.

Author

Russell Freedman grew up in San Francisco and attended the University of California, Berkeley, and then worked as a reporter and editor for the Associated Press and as a publicity writer. As an author, he has done research on topics that he is personally interested in and wants to learn more about.  His nonfiction books range in subject from the lives and behaviors of animals to people in history whose impact is still felt today.  Freedman has traveled extensively throughout the world to gather information and inspiration for his books.  Russell Freedman now lives in New York City.

Awards

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Grades 4-5, ages 9-10, Native American History

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Citation

Goble, Paul. Love Flute: Story and Illustrations. New York: Bradbury, 1992. Print.

Synopsis

A young man, brave in battle and a leader in the buffalo hunt, is too shy to speak to the woman he loves. Sad and lonely, he wanders far into the woods. There, he meets two Elk men. They give him a a flute that the birds and animals have made for him. When he plays it, the harmony of nature is in his melodies and he speaks straight to the heart of the girl he loves.

Author

Paul Goble was born in Haslemere, England.  He studied at the Central School of Art in London and then worked as an art teacher, as a furniture designer and as an industrial consultant.  In 1977, he moved to the Black Hills in South Dakota and was adopted by Chief Edgar Red Cloud.  Goble was greatly influenced by Plains Indian culture and his subsequent children’s books reflect this.  Most of his books, retellings of ancient stories, are told from the perspectives of different tribes among the Native Nations.

Awards

None found

Grades 4-5, ages 9-10, Native American Mythology, Folklore

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Citation

Echo-Hawk, Roger C., and Walter R. Echo-Hawk. Battlefields and Burial Grounds: The Indian Struggle to Protect Ancestral Graves in the United States. Minneapolis: Lerner Publications, 1994. Print.

Synopsis

Describes the efforts of Native Americans to rebury ancestral human remains and grave offerings held by museums and historical societies, with particular emphasis on the Pawnees and their struggle to reclaim their dead.

Author

Roger Echo-Hawk is a Pawnee tribal historian who has worked to gather and preserve recorded oral history and other materials pertaining to Pawnee origins and history.

Awards

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Grades 9-10, ages 11-13, Native American History, Biography

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Citation

Jones, Catherine. Navajo Code Talkers: Native American Heroes. Greensboro: Tudor, 1997. Print.

Synopsis

Covers a little-known aspect of World War II in the Pacific, that of the Navajo (Dineh) Code Talkers of the U.S. Marine Corps.

Author

Katy Huth Jones writes under the pseudonym of Catherine Jones.  She grew up in a family where creative juices overflowed.  She lives in Texas with her husband and her two sons.

Awards

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Grades 6-8, ages 11-13, Native American History, Biography

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Citation

Sattler, Helen Roney., and Jean Zallinger. The Earliest Americans. New York: Clarion, 1993. Print.

Synopsis

Presents the scientific evidence for the origins of the earliest people in the Americas and describes the accomplishments of their culturally diverse descendants prior to the arrival of Europeans in 1492.

Author

Helen Roney Sattler (March 2, 1921 – June 2, 1992) was an American children's author most famous for her award-winning books about dinosaurs.  Sattler was born in Newton, Iowa and grew up on a farm in the Missouri Ozarks. She received a bachelor of science degree in education from Southwest Missouri State College in 1946.  Sattler worked as an elementary school teacher and a children's librarian for eight years before pursuing a full-time writing career.  Sattler was married with two children. She was a member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators and the American Association of University Women.

Awards

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Grades 6-8, ages 11-13, Native American history

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Citation

Bruchac, Joseph. Jim Thorpe: Original All-American. New York, NY: Dial /Walden Media, 2006. Print.

Synopsis

Complete with photographs, this biography of the "world's greatest athlete" will inspire readers to dream and to work to achieve those dreams. The story is told in Jim's voice and gives modern readers insight into the Native American psyche.

Author

Today, Joseph Bruchac lives in the same house he was raised in by my grandparents. He has traveled all over the United States and lived in Africa.  He is a Native American and continues to read and to listen to stories from elders. He believes that we have to listen to each other and to the earth, that we have to respect each other and the earth, that we never know anyone until we know what they have in their heart.

Awards

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Grades 6-8, ages 11-13, Teen, Biographies, Athletics

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Citation

Weitzman, David. Skywalkers: Mohawk Ironworkers Build the City. New York, N. Y.: Roaring Brook, 2010. Print.

Synopsis

Skyscrapers define the American city. Through a narrative text and gorgeous historical photographs David Weitzman explores Native American history and the evolution of structural engineering and architecture, illuminating the Mohawk ironworkers who risked their lives to build our cities and their lasting impact on our urban landscape.

Author

DAVID WEITZMAN is the author and illustrator of more than a dozen books for children on America's industrial and technical history.  Weitzman works are a historical flashback to when youth followed in the footsteps of their elders and learned from the stories told by the elders.  He uses historical documents and interviews to develop the stories that he writes.

Awards

Booklist 2010 Top 10 Books for Youth, Sci-Tech

Grades 6-8, ages 11-13, Native American history, architecture

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Citation

San Souci Robert D., and Daniel San Souci. The Legend of Scarface: A Blackfeet Indian Tale. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1978. Print.

Synopsis

A retelling of a Blackfeet Indian legend in which a young brave travels to the land of the Sun to ask for the hand of his beloved

Author

Robert D. San Souci (1946-2014) authored more than sixty-five picture books and story collections for young readers.  He was a consultant to Disney Studios and was instrumental in the production of the film Mulan, for which he wrote the story.  He studied folklore in graduate school.  His accolades include Caldecott and Coretta Scott King Honor Books, two Aesop Awards from the Children’s Folklore Section of the American Folklore Society, two Commonwealth Club of California Silver Medals, and numerous other awards. He was a lifelong resident of California.

Awards

Ten Best Illustrated Children's Books of 1978

Grades 4-5, ages 9-10, Native American Mythology...folklore

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Citation

Murdoch, David Hamilton, and Lynton Gardiner. North American Indian. New York: Dorling Kindersley, 2000. Print.

Synopsis

This full-color reference features facts and color photos of everything from an Arapaho toy horse to North Greenland Inuit snow goggles. Kids will see a bear-claw necklace, discover the meanings of totem poles, find out how a bow drill works, and learn about many aspects of Native American life, from hunting techniques and seasonal dwellings to religious rites and rituals.

Author

David Murdoch is Principal Teaching Fellow in the School of History at the University of Leeds. Educated at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, and Liverpool University, Dr. Murdoch has written widely on American History and has been a Fellow of the Royal Historic Society since 1980.

Awards

None found

Grades 4-5, ages 9-10, Native American history, non-fiction

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Citation

Brown, Dee. Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West. New York: H. Holt, 1991. Print.

Synopsis

A true classic of American history,Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee is Dee Brown's eloquent, meticulously documented account of the systematic destruction of the American Indian during the second half of the nineteenth century. Using council records, autobiographies, and firsthand descriptions, Brown allows the great chiefs and warriors of the Dakota, Ute, Sioux, Cheyenne, and other tribes to tell in their own words of the battles, massacres, and broken treaties that finally left them demoralized and defeated. A unique and disturbing narrative told with force and clarity, this book changed forever our vision of how the West was really won.

Author

Dorris Alexander “Dee” Brown (1908–2002) was a celebrated author of both fiction and nonfiction, whose classic study Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee is widely credited with exposing the systematic destruction of American Indian tribes to a world audience. Brown was born in Louisiana and grew up in Arkansas. He worked as a reporter and a printer before enrolling at Arkansas State Teachers College, where he met his future wife, Sally Stroud. He later earned two degrees in library science, and worked as a librarian while beginning his career as a writer. He went on to research and write more than thirty books, often centered on frontier history or overlooked moments of the Civil War. Brown continued writing until his death in 2002.

Awards

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Grades 9-12, ages 14-18, Native American history, non-fiction

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Citation

Steptoe, John, John Steptoe, and John Stevens. Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale. New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1987. Print.

Synopsis

This is the tale of Mufaro's two daughters, two beautiful girls who react in different ways to the king's search for a wife - one is aggressive and selfish, the other kind and dignified. The king takes on disguises to learn the true nature of both girls and of course chooses Nyasha, the kind and generous daughter, to be his queen.

Author

Born in 1950, John Steptoe was raised in Brooklyn, NY.  He began drawing as a young child and received formal art training at the High School of Art and Design in Manhattan. He also attended the Vermont Academy, where he studied under the sculptor John Torres, a widely acclaimed painter.  While all of Steptoe's work deals with aspects of the African American experience, MUFARO'S BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTERS was acknowledged by reviewers and critics as a breakthrough. Based on an African tale recorded in the 19th century, it required Mr. Steptoe for the first time to research African history and culture, awakening his pride in his African ancestry. Mr. Steptoe hoped that his books would lead children, especially African American children, to feel pride in their origins and in who they are.  John Steptoe died on August 28, 1989 at Saint Luke's Hospital in Manhattan, following a long illness. He was 38 years old and lived in Brooklyn. Mr. Steptoe was among the handful of African American artists who have made a career in children's books.

Awards

Caldecott Medal, Newberry Medal

Grades 4-5, ages 9-10, African folklore