Brother Eagle, Sister Sky
"How can you buy the sky? How can you own the rain and the wind?" So begin the moving words attributed to a great American Indian chief--Chief Seattle--over 100 years ago. They are words that eloquently capture the central belief of Native Americans: that this earth and every creature on it is...
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"How can you buy the sky? How can you own the rain and the wind?" So begin the moving words attributed to a great American Indian chief--Chief Seattle--over 100 years ago. They are words that eloquently capture the central belief of Native Americans: that this earth and every creature on it is sacred. It is this belief that inspired Susan Jeffers' extraordinary full-color paintings.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780803709690 (0803709692)
Publish date: September 2nd 1991
Publisher: Dial
Pages no: 32
Edition language: English
Ugh. I only skimmed this book, but it looks super problematic. The first thing that jumped out at me was how the author talks about American Indians in the past tense. Several problematic aspects of the book are discussed here if you're interested to learn more. Definitely do not recommend. I n...
This is a speech by Chief Seattle, that was adapted by the author. The illustrations were nice and the good has a very good message. The author's note at the end explains a bit more about Chief Seattle and the speech that was adapted.
Tries too hard to be organic/natural in its plea for environmental friendliness. It's almost as if the author wanted to write a book about saving the planet's resources and thought that having it told by a Native American would make the message more powerful. Further burdening this book are the con...
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