Navajo ABC: A Dine Alphabet Book - Hardcover

Tapahanso, Lucy; Schick, Eleanor

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0689803168 ISBN 13: 9780689803161

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, 1995

Synopsis

A simple alphabet book describes aspects of Navajo life, joining A with Arroyo, B with Belt, C with Cradleboard, and so on, in an introduction to one of the largest Native American tribes in the United States.

About this title

From Booklist:

Ages 4^-8. After introducing the Navajo people's name for themselves, T'aa Dine, the authors present a Dine alphabet book using objects and words familiar to the Navajo culture. Four letters appear with Dine words, but the remaining 22 are associated with English ones--belt, grandma, yucca, etc. Each pairing is illustrated by a colored-pencil picture of the object, plant, or person named. A glossary, which includes pronunciation guidance, provides translations and a cultural context for each item, adding to the book's usefulness for introducing children to other cultures. The book may also serve as a model for student-created books. The contemporary focus on a specific tribe is a welcome change from works that clump all Indians together in a historical context without mentioning individual languages. Karen Hutt

From Publishers Weekly:

English and Navajo (or Din?) words address aspects of Navajo life; colored-pencil illustrations serve as quiet complements. All ages.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0689803168
• ISBN 13: 9780689803161
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Schick Eleanor