Field Mouse Goes To War: Tusan Homichi Tuwvota - Softcover

Kennard, Edward A.; Yava, Albert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1548207209 ISBN 13: 9781548207205

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2017

Synopsis

Field Mouse Goes To War is the story of a brave little field mouse who pits his own courage and cunning against the hawk that is threatening the livelihood of the village of Mishongnovi by devastating its chicks. This book is the first of its kind. Before Field Mouse Goes To War, there were only literary books by non–Native authors, written in English and translated into Native languages. This book is based on spoken Hopi, and the Native illustrator, Fred Kabotie, would say later: “I liked that book because it caught the true feeling of the Hopi story, the way a Hopi would tell it.”

About this title

From the Publisher

Printed in English and Hopi with original illustration. An exact replica of the 1944 edition.

About the Author

Edward A. kennard collaborated with Hopi storyteller Albert Yava to create this story as part of a literacy project for the Department of Education, Bureau of Indian Affairs, in 1944.

Hopi artist Fred Kabotie (1900-1986) began his artistic career by illustrating Taytay's Memories a book of stories by Elizabeth DeHuff. He continued to illustrate books and stories throughout his illustrious career, which included commissions from the Heye Foundation, the Fred Harvey Company, and the Indian Arts and Crafts Board; a Guggenheim Fellowship; teaching painting in the Hopi schools; and directing the Hopi Arts and Crafts Guild. He is generally regarded as the dean of early Southwestern Indian painting.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1548207209
• ISBN 13: 9781548207205
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 76
• Illustrator: Kabotie Fred