When The Rain Sings: Poems By Young Native Americans - Hardcover

Francis, Lee

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0689822839 ISBN 13: 9780689822834

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, 1999

Synopsis

Enhanced with full-color photos of pieces in the Smithsonian collection, this compilation of poems by young Native Americans offers an insightful exploration of Native American history, tradition, and culture.

About this title

About the Author:

The National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI), the newest Smithsonian Institution museum, is dedicated to working in collaboration with the indigenous peoples of the Americas to protect and foster Native cultures throughout the Western Hemisphere. The museum¹s publishing program seeks to augment awareness of Native American beliefs and lifeways, and to educate the public about the history and significance of Native cultures.

NMAI opened its George Gustav Heye Center in lower Manhattan in 1994. In 1998, the museum¹s Cultural Resources Center, a state-of-the-art research and storage facility, opened in suburban Maryland, just outside Washington, D.C. The museum will open its primary site on the National Mall in Washington in 2002. Visit NMAI on the world wide web at www.si.edu/nmai.

From Library Journal:

Grade 4 Up-A collection of poems by Native Americans in grades 2-12. Most of these selections were written in response to images of Native artifacts or historical photographs. The young writers' personal reactions and associations to these images leave readers with a strong sense of each one's experience as a modern Indian, and of the values that each holds dear. The book is a work of art in itself, with dozens of full-color and black-and-white photos from the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian. The pages are also decorated with detailed border designs. Eight nations are represented, with brief descriptions of the character of each people. While the poems are suitable for younger children to hear aloud, the book is small and would not work with a large group. There are no other collections like this.
Cris Riedel, Ellis B. Hyde Elementary School, Dansville, NY
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0689822839
• ISBN 13: 9780689822834
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 76
• Editor: Francis Lee