D Is for Drum: A Native American Alphabet

Did you know that natives of the Northwest used dried sharkskin to sand totem poles? Or that horses were called medicine dogs, because dogs had been used to aid in hunting before horses were introduced by Europeans? In D is for Drum: A Native America Alphabet, readers will get an A-Z introduction to the many customs and cultures of the first people of this beautiful land. Bison, teepees, Kachinas and dugout canoes will all help to paint a fascinating picture of the more than 500 indigenous tribes inhabiting the Americas.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press
Published: 05/31/2006
ISBN: 9781585362745
Pages: 36
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 10.10h x 11.30w x 0.50d

Review Citations: School Library Journal 09/01/2006 pg. 196
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2006 pg. 443 - Marginal, Seriously Flawed
Multicultural Review 06/01/2007 pg. 81

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 106308 / D Is for Drum: A Native American Alphabet
Reading Level: 7.1 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 1