Book description
Powwow's coming, hear the beat?
Powwow's coming, dancing
feet.
Powwow's coming, hear the drum?
Powwow's coming, everyone!
Frustrated as a schoolteacher not being able to find good
instructional materials on American Indians, Linda Boyden has bypassed
the tired stereotype of Indians on horseback or hunting game and
placed them in today's setting of a powwow.
Powwow's Coming provides children with a foundation for
understanding and celebrating the enduring culture and heritage of
American Indians. Boyden's exquisite cut-paper collage and engaging
poem visually place readers within the scenes of a contemporary Native
American community while offering a thoughtful look at powwows and
their meanings to the Native participants.
Linda Boyden is a former elementary school teacher
and author of Powwow's Coming (University of New Mexico
Press) and The Blue Roses. The latter won the 2003 Paterson
Prize in its age category, the Wordcraft Circle of Native American
Writers and Storytellers' Book of the Year for Children's Literature,
2002-2003, and was included on the prestigious CCBC (Cooperative
Children's Book Center) 2003 Choices list of recommended titles.
