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64 pp.
| Abrams
| August, 2019
|
TradeISBN 978-1-4197-3655-1$19.99
(2)
4-6
In an oversized book, Thermes cartographically tells the story of what its Indigenous inhabitants, the Lenape, called Mannahatta. From Henry Hudson's 1609 voyage to the completion of One World Trade Center more than four centuries later, the history in the book is as much an abundance as its pictures: maps, vignettes, and full-page pictures of the changing city and its inhabitants, all confidently rendered in warm, precise watercolor-and-ink illustrations. Reading list, timeline.
Reviewer: Roger Sutton
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
September, 2019
32 pp.
| Tricycle
| September, 2007
|
TradeISBN 978-1-58246-192-2$15.95
(4)
K-3
Illustrated by
David Kanietakeron Fadden.
With Susan Katz. This book highlights the seasons as experienced by the Lenape Indians. Each double-page spread shows traditional versus modern incarnations of such seasonal rituals as fishing and harvesting. The simile-heavy text is generally more poetic than informative. Some of the textured acrylic illustrations are static, though the use of light and shadow is effective. Information about the Lenape people is appended.
247 pp.
| Delacorte
| September, 1998
|
TradeISBN 0-385-32600-9$$14.95
(3)
4-6
Based on a historical incident, this story is told in Susanna Hutchinson's voice, as she describes seeing her family massacred by Lenape Indians in 1633, and then being kidnapped and adopted by the tribe. She adapts to Native life and even conjures mystical visions, making her eventual return to colonial society a bittersweet experience. Susanna's ambivalence is convincingly portrayed in a novel filled with authentic detail.