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32 pp.
| Whitman
| April, 2021
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TradeISBN 978-0-8075-7599-4$16.99
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EbookISBN 978-0-8075-7601-4$9.99
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K-3
Illustrated by
Aphelandra.
Co-written by Martinez's eldest great-grandchild (Gonzales), this picture book biography shows how the Pueblo potter revived an ancient art form used by her people and developed a new style of black-on-blackware pottery that became internationally recognized and sought after. Idealized cartoon illustrations depict both biographical events--her early apprenticeship to an aunt, her artistic partnership with her husband, Julian--and more abstract hopes and dreams, as when she drew on her heritage and passed on her knowledge to new generations. Additional background on both Martinez and the Tewa people, authors' notes, and a select bibliography are appended.
48 pp.
| Beyond
| May, 2003
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TradeISBN 1-58270-091-5$$15.95
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4-6
My World: Young Native Americans Today series.
Photographs by
John Harrington.
Mindy, an Arizona girl of Hopi descent and the author's niece, is both a typical teen (she hopes to make the girls' basketball team) and an active member of her clan. Mindy's first-person narrative is somewhat bland, but its substance and the photos, both historic and contemporary, are of uncontestable value.
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K-3
Sisters Sonja, ten, and Desiree, eight, live in New Mexico at San Ildefonso Pueblo, but they're just like other kids: they play basketball and conduct Barbie weddings when they're not baking bread in outdoor ovens and participating in Indian ceremonial dances. In this companion to Pueblo Boy, the color photos reveal the sisters' delight in straddling two cultures, as their breathless testimony within the descriptive main text attests.