Powwow's Coming

by Linda Boyden

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826342655
• ISBN13: 9780826342652
• Release Date: November 2007
• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 10.2" x 8.8"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

School Librarian Gives HIGH Reviews

As an elementary school librarian I'm always looking for GREAT READ ALOUDS for our students. Linda Boyden's Powwow's Coming was a SMASHING HIT with the children. Warm, accurate, richly done in collage, and a great opener to a Q & A session about traditions, as well as, Native American celebrations. I highly recommend this book in an elementary (K-4) setting.

A wonderful read-aloud book ideal for introducing young people to Native American culture.

Former elementary school teacher Linda Boyden presents Powwow's Coming, a picturebook that teaches young people about the Native American custom of the powwow dance. The colorful, paper-collage style illustrations and simple, rhyming text reflect the joy and enthusiasm inherent in a powwow celebration. "Powwows started / long ago, / but dances change, / powwows grow. // Still today the / steps and songs / bless the dancers, / make them strong." A wonderful read-aloud book ideal for introducing young people to Native American culture.