Native Americans - Hardcover

Martell, Hazel Mary

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0872262847 ISBN 13: 9780872262843

Publisher: Peter Bedrick, 2001

Synopsis

This book offers readers a beautiful blend of history and mythology - providing a new approach to exploring the Native Americans. This book retells a selection of important myths, using dramatic illustrations and supplementing them with historical and cultural information, including realistic maps and diagrams.

About this title

About the Author:

Hazel Martell has written many history books for young people. She has an MA in history, and has worked as a librarian in schools and public libraries. She lives in Yorkshire and is interested in archaeology and travelling to unusual places. Her book 'What Do We Know About: Celts?' was short-listed for Stockton-on-Tees' Book of the Year Competition and was runner-up for the TES Junior Information Book Award.

From Booklist:

Gr. 2^-5. Beginning with the migration across the Bering Strait, Wood traces the history of the native people of North America, including the mound builders and the first large settlements. A double-page spread identifies the geographic location of the eight cultural groups of American Indians and provides a brief description of each area. Subsequent two-to four-page sections provide specifics about clothing, food, lifestyle, housing, and art for each group, mentioning particular tribes that occupied the area. Numerous illustrations clearly show details of community development, housing styles, pottery designs, clothing, implements, and sacred objects. Short biographies of eight American Indians, most of them well known, complete this attractive and easily understood introduction. A glossary and a list of further readings are appended. Karen Hutt

About this edition

• Publisher: Peter Bedrick
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0872262847
• ISBN 13: 9780872262843
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 48