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Title: Moonstick : The Seasons of the Sioux by Eve Bunting, John Sandford ISBN: 0-06-443619-5 Publisher: Harpercollins Juvenile Books Pub. Date: 29 February, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (1 review)
Rating: 4
Summary: The Seasons of the Sioux
Comment: The book begins with a young Dakota Indian boy being told of the changes that occur in nature and in life by his father and ends with him continuing the "moon-stick" tradition he was taught despite it being a different time. Changes in nature and in the lives of the Sioux come with each new moon of the Sioux year. A "moon-counting stick" is used to keep track of each moon and is replaced every Spring, which is when the Sioux year begins. The illustrations in this book capture the changes of the seasons through color, from the brighter, fresher colors of spring to the warmer, deeper colors of autumn. Each season and corresponding Sioux activity is described poetically in an attempt to convey the spirit and feeling of the season and the people as they read nature's signs. I loved the use of color and poetry to capture the mood of each season and the mood of the Sioux, summertime sewing circles with strawberries to color leather leggings and the white of snow as "blinding" with the "biting" cold. I hesitate to give it 5 stars only because the phrase "the Great Spirit" is used, insinuating the Sioux believed in one great governing spirit when in fact, many spirits were acknowledged, each playing a role and in conjunction with each other. I did enjoy the universal lessons mentioned in the text, such as the need to recognize the presence of cycles in nature and life and to accept change as a part of life. An excellent book for introducing children to the seasons in general and specifically the Sioux view of the seasons. Also good for introducing the concepts of change and cycles.
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Title: Cheyenne Again by Irving Toddy, Eve Bunting ISBN: 0618194657 Publisher: Clarion Books Pub. Date: 20 May, 2002 List Price(USD): $5.95 |
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Title: If You Lived With the Sioux Indians by Ann McGovern, Jean Syverud Drew, Beatrice Darwin ISBN: 0590451626 Publisher: Scholastic Pub. Date: December, 1992 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Arrow to the Sun: A Pueblo Indian Tale (Picture Puffin) by Gerald McDermott ISBN: 0140502114 Publisher: Puffin Pub. Date: February, 1977 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Train to Somewhere by Ronald Himler, Eve Bunting ISBN: 0618040315 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: 17 April, 2000 List Price(USD): $5.95 |
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Title: The Wall by Ronald Himler, Eve Bunting ISBN: 0395629772 Publisher: Clarion Books Pub. Date: 24 August, 1992 List Price(USD): $5.95 |
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