Spotted Flower and the Ponokomita

by Kae Cheatham

Book Overview

Not since Mari Sandoz wrote "The Horsecatcher" has there been a more powerful young reader book about early American Indian life. Native Americans of the North American plains are generally depicted... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0971428719
• ISBN13: 9780971428713
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Kaios Books
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.5" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

The way Children's books should be written

[close] This short tale of how the Blackfoot came to have the horse is written the way I think all children's stories should be written. It never 'talks down' to the child, nor does it 'protect' the reader by sugar coating the harsher facts of life. There is much more to the book than just the discovery of a horse by a young girl. There is also a wealth of detail about the everyday life of the plains indian. I would recommend it for anyone, child or adult, who would like to know more about life among the early Montana Indians. [close]

A unique story of a young Native American girl

Follis Cheatham's Spotted Flower And The Ponokomita is a unique story of a young Native American girl of the Blackfeet Nation, in what would one day be the state of Montana, and her first encounter with the strange new beast called a "horse". This engaging, informative, and highly entertaining story is enhanced for young readers with an "Afterword", a bibliography, a listing of places to visit in the area where the story takes place (including the Blackfeet Indian Reservation), and thematically appropriate Internet websites. Spotted Flower And The Ponokomita would make a welcome addition to a classroom or homeschooling Native American studies curriculum supplemental reading list, as well as any school or community library collection.