Florence Holbrook
Autor de The Book of Nature Myths
Sobre El Autor
Obras de Florence Holbrook
Nature myths to tell 1 copia
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Género
- female
Miembros
Reseñas
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Estadísticas
- Obras
- 14
- Miembros
- 163
- Popularidad
- #129,735
- Valoración
- 3.3
- Reseñas
- 1
- ISBNs
- 29
Holbrook used the poem, large sections of which were expected to be "memorized", to introduce reading and vocabulary skills, in both print and script forms.
An Appendix includes "stories" drawn from the epic poem -- of old Mudjekeewis, of Hiawatha's canoe and his two best friends -- one strong, one gentle [134-5]: "When the work of the day was over, the three friends sat by the fire and talked together with naked hearts. The pathway between them was straight." [135] Interestingly, the women are morning stars and prairie dandelions. Of course, the exception is grandmother Nokomis, who is the one who teaches Hiawatha not to fear the who-oo-ing owl, and curiously, how to be a warrior.… (más)