My First Book of O'odham Mamastagǐ / Colors - Hardcover

Cázares, Husi

Hardcover

ISBN 13: 9798992176339

Publisher: Desert Ink Press, 2026

Synopsis

A great book for teaching children basic colors in both the O’odham and English languages. This bilingual book, written by an O’odham author, introduces common words and colors and allows them to match O’odham words, colors, and concepts. Each page features a color word with a corresponding picture of common O’odham vocabulary words. This colorful and vibrant book is a fun way to fortify colors and common words in both O’odham and English. The book includes a glossary in the back as well as a QR code to hear the words pronounced by a traditional O’odham speaker.

About this title

About the Authors

Husi Cazares, an enrolled member of the Tohono O’odham Nation, grew up insouthern Arizona and has devoted his life to teaching and preserving his people’sculture, history, and language. He has taught Tohono O’odham culture as well asNative American history and culture at several colleges and universities. Husiholds an M.A. in Native American Studies from the University of Arizona and anM.S. in Communication Sciences and Disorders from Saint Xavier University inChicago, Illinois. Husi is currently working as a trilingual speech-languagepathologist in southern Arizona where he just received a national 2026 Hero ofthe Year award from his employer, Bayada Home Health Care.

He remains deeply involved in language preservation and literacy initiatives withinhis tribe. He continues to write bilingual Tohono O’odham books for children andis currently working on an illustrated, bilingual, Tohono O’odham/Englishdictionary which will be available from Desert Ink Press in 2026.

Kerrie Ann Cázares grew up in Orland Park, Illinois. She received her Bachelors degree in sociology at Saint Xavier University in Chicago, Illinois. Kerrie Ann writes and illustrates books, language coloring books, and language materials for learning the O’odham language with her husband Husi Cázares.

Kerrie Ann and her husband live in Marana, Arizona, nice and close to many of their children and their three granddaughters. She like to sew, paint and create digital art.

Edition details

• Publisher: Desert Ink Press
• Publication date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798992176339
• Binding: Board book
• Illustrator: Cázares Kerrie Ann
• Number of pages: 12