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My First Book of O'odham Nanko Ma:s Ce:ksañ / Shapes - Hardcover

Cázares, Husi

 
9798992176353: My First Book of O'odham Nanko Ma:s Ce:ksañ / Shapes

Synopsis

This colorful board book will introduce the audience to basic shapes. Each shape is presented in both English and Tohono O'odham and has a sentence to go with it. Each sentence re-introduces colors for familiarity. This board book has 10 shapes and a glossary in the back for the bilingual words. This is a board book that is the perfect size for little hands.

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About the Authors

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



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.

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