Between Earth & Sky Legends of Native American Sacred Places (Paperback)
| Author: Joseph/ Locker Bruchac | Illustrator: Thomas Locker |
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Format: Paperback
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN-10: 0152020624
ISBN-13: 9780152020620
Sku: 30436213
Publish Date: 5/1/1999
Dimensions:
(in Inches) 9H x 10.75L x 0.25T
Pages:
32
Age Range:
8 to 12
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| Through the guidance of his uncle and the retelling of various Native American legends, a young boy learns that everything living and inanimate has its place, and should be considered sacred and given respect. *Author: Bruchac, Joseph/ Locker, Thomas (ILT) *Subtitle: Legends of Native American Sacred Places *Publication Date: 1999/05/01 *Binding Type: Paperback *Grade Level: 2-3 *Language: English *Depth: 0.25 *Width: 10.75 *Height: 9.00 |
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From the Publisher: With grace and drama, Abenaki poet and author Joseph Bruchac retells ten Native American legends of awe-inspiring landscapes. These wise stories, together with Thomas Locker's luminous paintings, evoke the sacred places above, below, and within us all. The silent stories of our ancient land and its native peoples are given voice in reverential prose poems and radiant paintings. The silent stories of our ancient land and its native peoples are given voice in reverential prose poems and radiant paintings. |
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Retellings of ten traditional Native American legends about natural landscapes and sacred places such as the Great Smoky Mountains, the Grand Canyon, and Niagara Falls. Color paintings accompany the text which stresses the spiritual power of the earth.
Retellings of ten traditional Native American legends about natural landscapes and sacred places such as the Great Smoky Mountains, the Grand Canyon, and Niagara Falls. Color paintings accompany the text which stresses the spiritual power of the earth.
Author Bio
Joseph Bruchac
When Joseph Bruchac was a young boy, his grandparents always encouraged him to read, write, and learn all that he could. His grandmother always gave him books about animals and nature at Christmastime. And although his grandfather could barely read or write, he shared something else with his grandson--his love and respect for nature. That love and respect for nature combined with the pleasures of reading that Joseph discovered would later be the central theme of his work. When he graduated from high school, he attended Cornell Agriculture school with an academic scholarship and began as a major in Wildlife Conservation. But after three years of studying, Joseph realized that he wanted to be a writer after taking some creative writing courses. He changed his major and attended school for one more year to get a degree in English. After he graduated, he attended Syracuse University with a writing fellowship. When he completed his studies, he continued writing part-time and tried several careers including teaching martial arts and working as a tree surgeon before deciding to become a full-time writer. His first children's book, THIRTEEN MOONS ON A TURTLE'S BACK, was published in 1992. Since then, he has published over 30 children's books. For aspiring young writers, Joseph has this piece of advice: "There are stories in everyone and everything. Ancestry and family, local history and the journeys on which my life has taken me--these are the roots that have nourished me as a writer. Look for the roots of your own stories, too."
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