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Author Wood, Nancy C.

Title Spirit Walker / poems by Nancy Wood ; paintings by Frank Howell.

Imprint New York : Doubleday Book for Young Readers, ©1993.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Children's Department  JUV. 811.54 W877S    Check Shelf
Description 80 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Preteens lcdgt
Note Includes index.
Summary The author's poems reflect the deep spirituality and values of the Taos Indians and their interconnectedness to the earth.
Contents Preface -- Introduction -- Ten million stars -- Emergence -- The story of a flower -- Mother's words -- Our children -- The Earth called to my friend -- Love -- Women, you must learn to be warriors -- Of mountains and women -- Earth roots -- Pueblo reflections -- We shall live again -- The lesson of the striped wolf -- Elk dreamer -- The web of life -- Knowing the Earth -- The planting of Mother Earth's navel -- The Earth is all that lasts -- Summer and winter people -- Spirt Walker -- Generations -- Unity -- A change of worlds -- The wisdom of my grandmothers -- Three sisters -- Solitude -- The circle -- Two worlds -- We come as clouds -- Silences--Tsankawi -- The old man born of dreams -- All as it was in this place timeless -- Never shall I leave -- Waiting -- Whispers -- My help is in the mountain -- Native blessing -- One people -- Indian apocalypse -- A woman's lesson -- What women are. A legend -- Spirit brothers -- Dream ravens -- The way to understanding.
Genre/Form Prose poems.
Subject Taos Indians -- Poetry.
Women. (OCoLC)fst01176568
Nature -- Juvenile poetry.
Local Subject Indigenous peoples -- North America -- Poetry.
Subject American poetry.
Children's poetry.
Children's poetry, American. (OCoLC)fst00856347
Genre/Form Poetry. (OCoLC)fst01423828
Subject Taos Indians -- Poetry.
Spirituality -- Juvenile poetry.
Women -- Juvenile poetry.
American poetry.
Genre/Form Juvenile materials.
Blank verse. (OCoLC)fst01921598
Subject Children's poetry, American.
Indians of North America -- Poetry.
Earth (Planet) (OCoLC)fst01860481
Genre/Form Blank verse.
Local Subject Indigenous peoples -- North America -- Poetry.
Subject Taos Indians -- Juvenile poetry.
Earth (Planet) -- Juvenile poetry.
Nature. (OCoLC)fst01034561
Genre/Form Prose poems. (OCoLC)fst01922510
Subject Taos Indians. (OCoLC)fst01142956
Indians of North America -- Poetry.
Spirituality. (OCoLC)fst01130186
Genre/Form Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
Added Author Howell, Frank, illustrator.
ISBN 0385309279
9780385309271
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