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Let's Go!
By exploring and comparing everyday objects and rituals, this series
helps young readers understand the similarities and differences that exist
among societies. These visually appealing and multicultural books are
uniquely informative and fun, too. Includes index. Learn about mankind's
many modes of transportation, from the Native American travois to Madagascar's
pousse-pousse.
Childrens Press, Chicago / September 1996 / 0516081950
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The Undreground Railroad
Speaking parts for fourteen students and chorus of any size. The play incorporates songs of the Underground Railroad. The story line follows the escape from Virginia of three young adults and a baby, with the help of Harriet Tubman. The group stops for a rest at the home of a Quaker family, which is a stop on the Underground Railroad. When the local sheriff searches the house and questions the family, things get stressful for all involved.
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Greetings!
By exploring and comparing everyday objects and rituals, this series helps young readers understand the similarities and differences that exist among societies, as well as the role that everyday objects play in reflecting the inner life and culture of people from around the world. Each book's design incorporates four-color photos, cut-outs, and silhouettes that mingle with short text blocks, making this multicultural series not just visually appealing, but uniquely informative, too. Every culture has it's own rules about how to greet people. Bedouin men in Saudia Arabia stroke their beards and Tahitians rub their noses.
Childrens Press, Chicago / February 1995 / 0516481886
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Indians of the Northeast
When the Pilgrims arrived on the North American shores, the region which is now New England and Northeastern Canada was alive with natives. This book presents a look at their story -- how the members of the Six Nations reacted to the white man's arrival; their resistance to and assimilation with the culture of the Europeans; and the on-going struggle to preserve their own beliefs and lands, despite intervention from the government of the new nation.
January 1997
ISBN 1-878668-80-3, 60 pages
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Hair There & Everywhere
By exploring and comparing everyday objects and rituals, this series helps young readers understand the similarities and differences that exist among societies. These visually appealing and multicultural books are uniquely informative and fun, too. Includes index. Throughout history, a person's hair style has said something about who they are and where they come from.
Childrens Press, Chicago / February 1995 / 0516481878
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Indians of the Southwest
The history of the Indians who have called the Southwest their home for thousands of years is an on-going one. This anthology tells only a small part of the story of the diverse tribes who settled this region -- long before the arrival of the Europeans -- through their folklore, poetry, letters, journals, essays, photos, and government documents. The book includes recent historic documents, as well as those of long ago, and provides samples of the cultural, political, and social history as it continues to unfold for the Hopi, Navajo, Comanche, Apache, Zuni, Paiute, Pima, and other tribes.
March 1997
ISBN 1-878668-71-4, 64 pages
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On Your Feet!
Without shoes, people in certain parts of the world would find it hard to leave their homes. Here is a volume that discusses the materials, history, and everything you would want to know about shoes.
Childrens Press, Chicago / November 1994 / 0516081896
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Charles Eastman: Sioux Physician & Author
Chelsea House Publications
April 1995
0791020487
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Good Morning, Let's Eat!
By exploring and comparing everyday objects and rituals, this series helps young readers understand the similarities and differences that exist among societies. These visually appealing and multicultural books are uniquely informative and fun, too. Includes index. What people eat for breakfast varies from country to country, and even within the same country.
Childrens Press, Chicago / February 1995 / 0516481908
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Mississippi Flood of 1993
Childrens Press, Chicago
September 1997
0516066803
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Pass the Bread!
By exploring and comparing everyday objects and rituals, this series helps young readers understand the similarities and difference that exist among societies. These visually appealing and multicultural books are uniquely informative and fun, too. This entry explores how bread is the most widely eaten food in the world. In Mediterranean countries, some breads are baked with salty olives and in Jamaica many breads are baked with coconut.
Childrens Press, Chicago / October 1997 / 0516481916