Grades 2 4. Poems of american indian youth . Poetry picture book . The author has chosen these poems from the oral tradition of North American Indians and from contemporary tribal poets. All the poems have the theme of youth and the rites of passage from birth through adolescence.
Illustrations are of sand paintings, which are cute and unique.
Grades K 3. A teacher could take the stories from the different books and plan activities form them. Fox song . Folktale picture book . A young Indian girl recalls the time that she spent time with her great grandmother when her great grandmother dies.