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For a Girl Becoming (Sun Tracks)
Joy Harjo
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Description for For a Girl Becoming (Sun Tracks)
Hardcover. Within these colorful pages, family and community come together in celebration of a girl's journey, offering praise, love, and advice to help carry her forward through the many milestones to come. "For a Girl Becoming" is an ideal gift to recognize a birth, graduation, or any other significant moment in a young woman's life. Num Pages: 48 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: YX; YZ. Category: (JC) Children's (6-12); (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 238 x 231 x 10. Weight in Grams: 417.
Transformative moments in the cycle of life are a time for acknowledgment, a chance to guide a child’s path in a positive and loving direction.
Swirling images laden with both myth and personal meaning illustrate this unique, poetic tale of the joys and lessons of a girl’s journey through birth, youth, and finally adulthood. Within these colorful pages, family and community come together in celebration of her arrival, offering praise, love, and advice to help carry her forward through the many milestones to come, and reminding her always of how deeply she is cherished. It is a reminder, too, ... Read more
Transformative moments in the cycle of life are a time for acknowledgment, a chance to guide a child’s path in a positive and loving direction.
Swirling images laden with both myth and personal meaning illustrate this unique, poetic tale of the joys and lessons of a girl’s journey through birth, youth, and finally adulthood. Within these colorful pages, family and community come together in celebration of her arrival, offering praise, love, and advice to help carry her forward through the many milestones to come, and reminding her always of how deeply she is cherished. It is a reminder, too, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Arizona Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
48
Place of Publication
Tucson, United States
ISBN
9780816527977
SKU
V9780816527977
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1
About Joy Harjo
Joy Harjo (Mvskoke/Creek) is an internationally known poet, writer, and musician. She has published seven books of poetry and the children’s book The Good Luck Cat.
Reviews for For a Girl Becoming (Sun Tracks)
Silver Medal, Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards, Multicultural Picture Book Winner, Arrell Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award (Oklahoma Center for the Book) “This is a blessing to bestow on all of the young women in our lives. With Joy Harjo’s words, ‘As you travel with us,’ the road opens, and the journey promises to be lined with help—and love.”—Debra Frasier, ... Read more