THE SHAMAN AND THE WATER SERPENT

Dewey, Jennifer Owings; Yazzie, Benton

ISBN 10: 0826342116 ISBN 13: 9780826342119

Published by University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, 2007

Language: English

Condition: Fine. Hardcover

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First printing of this story of the lives of the ancient Puebloan peoples, with rock art-inspired illustrations by Navajo artist Benton Yazzie signed by both the author and the illustrator. 8.5'' x 10''. Original color pictorial boards. No jacket, as issued. Illustrated in black and white. 34 pages. Signed by Dewey and Yazzie to title page. Sharp.

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Title

THE SHAMAN AND THE WATER SERPENT

Publisher

University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque

Publication Date

2007

Language

English

ISBN 10

0826342116

ISBN 13

9780826342119

Binding

Hardcover

Illustrator

Yazzie, Benton

Edition

First edition.

Condition

Fine.

Signed

Signed by Author(s)

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The Shaman and the Water Serpent is a book for children that demonstrates how ancient Puebloan peoples carried out their daily lives. Renowned children's author Jennifer Owings Dewey writes about the Puebloan people's relationships with animals, and Benton Yazzie recreates the rock art depictions of familiar animals: deer, antelope, and rabbits. Characters include the Shaman, a man with supernatural power who provides insights into the mysterious world of gods and the spirits. Men and boys honor the animals they hunt by singing songs to their spirits, while the women, children, and old people wait hungrily back in the village. A drought has set in and the villagers wonder when the rains will return. As they hope for rain, the women and girls tend to the corn and the men sharpen their arrow points for the next hunt. The water serpent, a revered animal, travels along the riverbanks and is thought by the Puebloan peoples to be just the animal to coax the rain back onto their dry fields.

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Jennifer Owings Dewey is a prolific writer and illustrator of children's books, most recently Antarctica: A Journal of Days. She lives in Santa Fe.

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