Favorite flower: Tulips

Favorite Food: Anything my mom makes

   

 

     Genre: Picture Book

 

I liked this book it reminded me of my own grandfather.  Who always wore a similar hat.  I found it funny because I always remember my grandparents tellling me of ordering and looking through the Sears Roebuck Catalog. 

 

 

I have never heard of yum-yums I could not relate to the story.  The pictures were nice and detailed.  However I was fond of the Kinship system in Navajo located on the inside back cover. It is a unique learning tool.

 

 

I found the animals used in the story relevant to other stories that I have been told previously.  Classic story of not showing off which was taught by the medicine man.

 

 

This story was cute! My nearly 2 year old son loved it.  It had a great story line accomadated with captivating illustrations.  It had a basic theme of two coyotes (Angelina & Frank) who share a special friendship and deal with one moving away.  Out with the old in with the new! Frank learns to cope with his sadness by making friends with a new neighbor named Larry.  Frank finds out that even though he cannot replace Angelina he is able to make a new friend.

 

 

The author did an amazing job focusing on the work of Dr. Annie Wauneka.  This story is aspiring to Native American women and explains alot of the barriers Navajo people deal with.  More importantly how to overcome them with power from a political level.  She motivates many Indigenous people to continue what has only begun.

 

      Illustrated By: Carl Sumsion

 

This story was humorous and it seemed like an innocent incident that a child would do.  Bernie is a boy who is told to prepare chicken soup for himself by his mother.  He thinks that he must capture a chicken and make soup from scratch.  It has pictures that bring the story to life.

 

 

A fun story of Frank the Coyote who enjoys playing in the desert.  There are many activities that he is able to do with his friends or alone.  Either way Frank is a fun coyote from the west.

 

 

This book was great!  I loved how I was able to learn from the book as well as enjoy the beautiful illustrations.  It made the learning process easier.  The pictures were easy to associate with our local surroundings.

 

 

This beautifully detailed illustrated book about Dzanibaa was informational. The book described the Navajo long walk and how she was able to endure the hardships at Hweeldi by relying on her culture for survival. 

 

 

I did not really like this story.  The pictures were bright which was the only thing that kept my interest.  I could not really follow along with the text.  I had to reread the story in order to understand the full meaning of the of the origin of the pueblo culture about the Boy who comes among the world of men.

 

 

I liked this story I even had my dad read it... It is about three boys who are able to take in the oral stories from their grandmother.  At first they do not seem interested however much to their amazement they remember all that their grandmother said.  Her stories which they saw as boring at first have taken a life of their own in their hearts.

 

 

 

I was not a fan of the illustrations that could be because I like bright vivid pictures.  It was a nice way to roll our creation stories into a ball.  I actually liked the story and it felt like my grandfather was telling me the story.

 

      Genre:  Prose 

 

The words flowed poetically however the illustrations were deceiving.  The pictures did not exemplify the words on the pages.

 

 

This story is about a Lakota warrior Spotted Eagle who is basically in competition with his brother Black Crow.  This story was interesting because the brothers were basically trying to con one another because of their interest in Red Bird. It is a an interesting folklore with a suprising twist.

 

 

A cute story of how a brown squirrel becomes a chipmunk.  The bear was teased by the squirrel and in return the bear gave the chipmunk its stripes.  I think it has an interesting moral.

 

 

A story about a turtle who wittingly puts the beaver in his place.  It conveys a great meaning to young readers about not being too prideful...

 

 

I liked the illustrations it was easy to captivate my son with the bright colors.  The text went smoothly along with the pictures.  It is a story of how the sun, moon, and stars came to exist.  It correlates the animals from other stories itno the creation of this beautiful folklore. 

 

 

I read this story long ago while I was in elementary school and I reflect differently on it reading it now.  I did not like certain things about the book however the underlying theme was great.  I placed myself in the story by comparing it with the rugs my great grandmother had made for us.  That is why I did not like the part of it stating that rugs were creating for money and not the stories passed on by our families.

 

 

Beautifully illlustrated and informative book of different Native American tribes.  I found it informative because I had not even heard of half of the tribes presented in the book.  The pictures uniquely depicted each tribe well because I was not aware of what they wore. 

 

Hahaha! I thought this book was funny.  I think they titled it wrong.  Nice try to find out how to make authentic Native American food.  I read the recipe for fry bread and found it hard to read the rest of the book.  I just thought fry bread widely known and that is how they portray it...

                                 

 

I love this book and always have since I first read it.  You can take in all the pictures painted by the words of Tapahonso in your mind.  You can also place yourself their by imagining the familiar smells during fair time.  The pictures were beautiful and are just what I envision when thinking of the Shiprock fair.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

 

I thought this story was great because of the information that it gives to the readers of our Navajo rite of passage.  It takes you back to the time when you had to do all that that the girl in the story does to enter womanhood.

 

 

I loved reading this series with my son.  I feel that everytime that I read it to him we are learning together.  It is a great way to learn the Navajo language.

 

 

Once again this book delivered.  The pictures kept my sons interest and we repeated the words in Navajo for each animal endlessly.  He just thought it was funny but atleast he knows what it sounds like.

 

 

I liked reading this book to my son.  He enjoyed the pictures and I just focused on repeating the numbers to him in Navajo.  It is a great way to introduce the numbers in Navajo to him. 

 

 

I thought this book was cute.  I will definitely be adding this one to Kory's library.  I thought the illustrations were beautiful and the words were nearly poetic to me.  They described our culture in a way I never thought it could and would be written.

 

 

I liked this book alot.  Ortiz is one of my favorite Native authors.  I liked the illustrations and the message it conveyed about the fight we endured and how we continue to strive forward.

 

       Genre:  Folklore

 

This book was interesting about a girl named She-Who-Is-Alone.  She lost all of her family except for a warrior doll who is her only possession.  She gives up all her possessions for her people and becomes One-Who-Dearly-Loved-Her-People.

 

 

This story is about a boy named Little Gopher who does not feel that he has what it takes to be a warrior.  However he has other talents that are seen through his ability to paint.  He paints stories on buckskin and receives the name He-Who-Brought-the-Sunset-to-the-Earth.  It is interesting and the pictures are pretty.

 

 

This story was cute about a goat who has a friendship with Glenmae.  Glenmae is a weaver who shears her goat Geraldine to weave a rug.  The story helps explain how to make a rug.  The pictures are pretty and captivating.

 

 

I loved reading this book because of the different stories from tribes.  It was interesting to hear how it was to grow up at that time.  Some of the stories were sad but that was what happened then...it helps you understand more of what they went through by each persons different aspect. 

 

 

I found this book informative and hard to put down.  The pictures definitely painted a memory in my mind of the hardships endured at that time by a people who prove the continuity of our culture.