Little Boy With Three Names: Stories of Taos Pueblo - Softcover

Clark, Ann

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0941270599 ISBN 13: 9780941270595

Publisher: Gibbs Smith, 1999

Synopsis

The Boy With Three Names contains three charming stories about the activities of a young Taos Pueblo boy who is home from boarding school for the summer. The unique characteristic of having "THREE NAMES": Anglo (Little-Joe), Hispano (Jose la Cruz), and Pueblo (Tso'u) takes him on adventurous journeys and fun explorations. Taos Pueblo artist, Tonita Lujan, enhances, teacher, Ann Nolan Clark's rich text.

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From the Back Cover:

Little Boy With Three Names Stories of Taos Pueblo Ann Nolan Clark's stories about the summertime activities of the "Little Boy with Three Names" (Anglo, Hispanic, and Indian) presents a vivid, heartwarming picture of life at Taos Pueblo in northerm New Mexico. When he returns from boarding school, Little-Joe (also called Jose la Cruz and Tso'u) rediscovers his Indian culture and grows toward manhood by helping fight a forest fire, choosing his own horse, journeying to the sacred Blue Lake, hunting, racing, dancing, singing, and attending the Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial at Gallup. Suitable for ages 8 and up, Little Boy with Three Names was fitst published in 1940 as part of the Bureau of Indian Affairs Pueblo Series of Indian Life Readers for use in Federal Indian schools. The charming illustrations are by Tonita Lujan of Taos Pueblo.

Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.:

Little Boy With Three Names Little-Joe, the First Name ALL THE MORNING noises of Taos were sounding together, telling the people that a new day was waiting for them. Little-Joe opened one black eye. Sleepily he looked up at the long, straight, white aspen poles which made a ceiling overhead. "Where am I?" he asked himself. "What is this place around me?"

About this edition

• Publisher: Gibbs Smith
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0941270599
• ISBN 13: 9780941270595
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 75