Lightning Inside You
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| Rating | : | 4.69 (599 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0688095828 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 104 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-09-27 |
| Language | : | English |
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John Bierhorst, author of many acclaimed works about Native American cultures, lives in West Shokan, New York.ZJohn Bierhorst's books on American Indian lore include In the Trail of the Wind, The Sacred Path, The Girl Who Married a Ghost, and Spirit Child, all of which were named Notable Books by the American Library Association.
Important for Native American folkore collections, this book could be used by teachers to stimulate children's riddling efforts. His book is, he says, the first such collection, for until recently it was believed that riddles did not exist in the Americas before European contact. Brierley's amusing, attenuated black-and-white sketches are casual but carefully composed; like the riddle-form itself, they offer bits of the ordinary that readers see freshly through the riddle-lens. -- Patricia Dooley, University of Washington, SeattleCopyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. Most, however, have the poetic compression and inversion proper to the genre. Some of the selections given here hardly refute that belief, being as straightforward as a catechism (Q: ``What is it
M. J. Smith said Again you can trust Bierhorst. I always trust the work of Bierhorst; he is excellent at making Native American culture accessible without trivializing or idealizing.In this book, he takes advantage of children's affinity for riddles (not neglecting that adults can enjoy riddles as well). Some of the riddles are unlikely to be solved by a child, but the answers and the riddles themselves give insight into the culture from which they come. Note that the cultural source is a. "For adults, too!" according to A Customer. It is misleading to promote this book for 9 to 12 year olds! My spouse and I sat down one evening and read the riddles, trying to see which ones we could figure out.much better than spending the evening in front of the tube! The Native riddles get your brain thinking in different directions. Soon I found myself making up my own riddles, using the same sort of "twist" in the descriptions. I plan on getting several friends this thought-provoki. "Lightning Inside You" according to A Customer. Many references to Alaska and many Alaska native riddles are included. Riddles from South America and Mexico are hardest, because answers aren't familiar things. Black and white illustrations were very good. They gave away the answers to the riddles. I would like to recommend this one to the 2nd through the 12th grade, along with a recommendation that teachers and parents also read along with the younger students.
He also offers pointers to help non-Indian guessers come up with the right answers.With sweeping strokes and deft touches of humor, Louise Brierley's illustrations capture the spirit of mystery and inventiveness characteristic of this most unusual, most unexpected of Native American traditions.. Threads of seven colors are stretched on the great prairie.What is it? It runs through the valleys clapping its hands."Rainbow" and "butterfly" are the answers to these two Native American riddles, typically drawn from the world of nature.Long hidden from view, the American Indian riddling tradition is revealed in all its variety in this carefully researched collection -- the first of its kind -- presenting 140 riddles translated from twenty different languages, including Aztec, Comanche, Maya, Onondaga, Pawnee, and Quechua.Here are examples of courtship riddling, hunter's riddling, dream-guessing, life-or-death riddling, and story riddling. In his introductory essay, editor John Bierhorst shows how such "games" are linked to the life and customs of the people who originated them