Totem Poles

by Jennifer Frantz

Book Overview

A look at the totem pole sculptures of the Native American people of the Pacific Northwest. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0448424231
• ISBN13: 9780448424231
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap
• Length: 46 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 6 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 3

Customer Reviews

A Nice Little Book for a Very Young Audience

This is a nice little book that is written for a VERY young audience. Although it claims to be for grades 1-3, it is, in my opinion, appropriate for grades K-1. Each page has a nice watercolor drawing/painting, and from 1 to 3 sentences in fairly large type.It has a limited vocabulary and simple sentence structure that would make it appropriate for the K-1 student who is using the book as a learn-to-read assignment. However, if you are reading it to them, I think most children above the age of 6 would feel insulted and/or bored if this was read aloud to them. For example: "They hunted deer and bear. They used animal skins for clothes." And on another page: "Look at this totem pole. It belongs to the Eagle group. Do you see the eagle at the top?"Of course, there are also some general sorts of inconsistencies that are noted in the industry review above, but these aren't really all that much of a problem. In my experience, most kids will just king of pass right by these sorts of things and don't really notice them and aren't bothered by them.Overall, this is a good book for what it does. If you want a fairly low-level book for the K-1 crowd, then this book will work just fine.