AN ALGONQUIAN YEAR: The Year According to the Full Moon
by McCURDY, Michael
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- ISBN 10
- 0618007059
- ISBN 13
- 9780618007059
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Houghton Mifflin, 2000. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. Michael McCurdy. NEW 2000 Houghton Mifflin hardcover (white boards with gold foil moon & stars embossed on front board) & dust jacket (in mylar cover), first edition, first printing. B&W "scratchboard" illustrations by the Author. CONTENT: As the moon waxes and wanes, her cycles set a pattern of life for those who live beneath her silver glow. For the Northern Algonquians in precolonial America, these rhythms served to measure out the year. January's Hard Times Moon means biting winds and long nights, and February's moon brings the big snow. Now animals and people alike search for food; the land is locked in a deep, icy cold. But by the April and May moons, one can fish at night by torchlight and leave the wigwam door open to the rising sun in the east. Soon the summer moons of planting and ripening will guide the daily work of the tribe. Then come the fertile autumn moons of harvesting to ready the people for yet another hard winter. In graceful prose and stunning scratchboard illustrations, Michael McCurdy follows the important path the moon made in Algonquian lives. He brings to life the seasonal cycles of work, play, and survival - a busy and fulfilling year punctuated by the beauty of the full moon.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002298
- Title
- AN ALGONQUIAN YEAR: The Year According to the Full Moon
- Author
- McCURDY, Michael
- Illustrator
- Michael McCurdy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New New
- Jacket Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0618007059
- ISBN 13
- 9780618007059
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- Boston, Ma
- Date Published
- 2000
- Keywords
- Children's Native America, Algonquian Indians, Moon lore, Native American folklore, Northeast Tribes, Scratchboard illustrations,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Native America: Children's Books; Children's Books: Classics; Children's Books: Environment; Homeschooling: Supplements; Children's Books: Intermediate Readers;
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