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Songs from the loom, a Navajo girl learns to weave, text and photographs by Monty Roessel

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Songs from the loom, a Navajo girl learns to weave, text and photographs by Monty Roessel

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (page 47)

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Songs from the loom

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

31900493

Responsibility statement

text and photographs by Monty Roessel

Series statement

We are still here

resource.studyProgramName

Accelerated Reader AR, MG, 5.2, 1.0, 15592.Reading Counts RC, 3-5, 4.5, 3, Quiz: 10705.Accelerated Reader, Grades 5-8, 5.2, 1, SD, Quiz 15592, English non-fiction.

Sub title

a Navajo girl learns to weave

Summary

"As he photographs his mother teaching his 10-year-old daughter, Jaclyn, how to weave the Navajo way, Roessel does some fine weaving of his own. Roessel, more cultural emissary than passive observer, weaves bountiful insights regarding Navajo culture into his photo-essay, ranging from ancient stories about weaving to the current state of Navajo unemployment. Nali Ruth, Jaclyn's grandmother, lives on a reservation in Arizona and begins her teaching with a prayer "to the Sun and the Holy People so they will know you are learning the old ways." Shearing, carding, spinning, dyeing, and weaving--Nali Ruth takes Jaclyn step-by-step through the rug-making process, all the while sharing Navajo stories and perspectives. Both the process of weaving and the culture surrounding it are fascinating; the varied photographs communicate the culture's richness with equal aplomb."

Target audience

juvenile

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