Interpreting Texts, Making Meaning: Starting Small

Instructional Resources

Arneach, Lloyd, and Lydia Halverson. The anima[s'] ballgame: a Cherokee story from the Eastern Band. Chicago: Childrens Press, 1992.

Baylor, Byrd, and Tom Bahti. When clay sings. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1972.

Bruchac, Joseph, Jonathan London, Thomas Locker, Nanette Stevenson, Patrick Collins, and David Gatti. Thirteen moons on turtle's back: a Native American year of moons. New York: Philomel Books, 1992.

Callahan, Sheila, and Barry Moser. And still the turtle watched. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, 1991.

Campbell, Nicola I., and Kim LaFave. Shi-shi-etko. Toronto: Groundwood Books, 2005.

Coombs, Linda, and Carson Waterman. Powwow. Cleveland, Ohio: Modern Curriculum Press, 1992.

Duncan, Lois, and Shonto Begay. The magic of Spider Woman. New York: Scholastic, 1996.

Hausman, Gerald, Cara Moser, and Barry Moser. Turtle Island ABC: a gathering of Native American symbols. New York: HarperCollins, 1994.

Hilbert, Vi., and Anita C. Nelson. Loon and deer were traveling: a story of the Upper Skagit of Puget Sound. Chicago: Childrens Press, 1992.

Littlechild, George. How the mouse got brown teeth: a Cree story for children. Saskatoon: Fifth House, 1988.

Orie, Sandra, and Christopher Canyon. Did you hear wind sing your name?: an Oneida song of spring. New York: Walker, 1995.

Swentzell, Rina, and Bill Steen. Children of clay: a family of Pueblo potters. Minneapolis: Lerner Publications Co., 1992.

Taylor, Harriet Peck. Coyote and the laughing butterflies. New York: Macmillan Books for Young Readers, 1995.

Waboose, Jan Bourdeau, and Brian Deines. SkySisters. Toronto: Kids Can Press, 2000.

Weisman, Joan, and David Bradley. The storyteller. New York: Rizzoli, 1993.

Yolen, Jane, and Barry Moser. Sky dogs. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1990.