Powwow's Coming

Linda Boyden

Powwow's coming, hear the beat?
Powwow's coming, dancing feet.
Powwow's coming, hear the drum?
Powwow's coming, everyone!

Frustrated as a schoolteacher not being able to find good instructional materials on American Indians, Linda Boyden has bypassed the tired stereotype of Indians on horseback or hunting game and placed them in today's setting of a powwow.

Powwow's Coming provides children with a foundation for understanding and celebrating the enduring culture and heritage of American Indians. Boyden's exquisite cut-paper collage and engaging poem visually place readers within the scenes of a contemporary Native American community while offering a thoughtful look at powwows and their meanings to the Native participants.

Reading level: kindergarten and up

"A wonderful read-aloud book ideal for introducing young people to Native American culture."--Midwest Book Review

Linda Boyden is a former elementary school teacher and author of Powwowâ??s Coming (University of New Mexico Press) and The Blue Roses. The latter won the 2003 Paterson Prize in its age category, the Wordcraft Circle of Native American Writers and Storytellersâ?? Book of the Year for Childrenâ??s Literature, 2002â??2003, and was included on the prestigious CCBC (Cooperative Childrenâ??s Book Center) 2003 Choices list of recommended titles.

10 x 8.5 32 pages 30 color illustrations