Growing Up Indian
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- Synopsis
- From the book Jacket: Indian children never had to take naps. They could eat whenever they got hungry. They were never spanked and were rarely punished. And they didn't have to go to school. Yet these children grew up to be responsible, productive members of their communities. In an unusual look into the lives of Indian children of North America, Evelyn Wolfson describes how these youngsters were cared for as infants, what happened to them if they misbehaved, how they learned to be useful citizens, what toys they played with, what their home and family life was like, and much, much more. Using a question-and-answer format, the author answers questions about Indian children such as Did babies wear diapers? Did boys and girls play together? What did they eat? Did they learn to read and write? Told from a child's perspective and illustrated profusely with detailed drawings by an artist who is himself a descendent of American Indians, Growing Up Indian sheds fresh light on a fascinating subject. $10.85 THE AUTHOR Evelyn Wolfson grew up in New England and proceeded to travel in her young adult years-first to the West Coast, then to Europe, where she spent a year bicycling through thirteen countries before settling in England for six months to work as a "nanny." Upon her return to the United States, she married, and she and her husband raised two children. At night, she went to school to study environmental education and eventually became a teacher. Her love of ecology led her to intensive American Indian studies, which she shared with her young students. She is now a full-time writer and makes her home in Massachusetts. THE ARTIST William Sauts Bock, who is himself a Native American and a descendent of the Lenape Indians of eastern Pennsylvania, is an internationally-known artist whose paintings are exhibited throughout the United States, in Europe, and in the Middle East. Bock is active in community affairs in his hometown of Souderton, Pennsylvania, where he lives with his wife. He has illustrated more than seventy books.
- Copyright:
- 1986
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 97 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780802766441
- Publisher:
- N/A
- Date of Addition:
- 06/26/07
- Copyrighted By:
- Evelyn Wolfson
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Children's Books, Nonfiction
- Submitted By:
- Shelley L. Rhodes
- Proofread By:
- Amber W
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.