Houghton Mifflin, 2004-01-11
Sequoyah: The Cherokee Man Who Gave His People Writing
Sequoyah: The Cherokee Man Who Gave His People Writing
Hardcover
SKU:9780618369478
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Book Details
Book Details
Age Range • 4-7
Pages • 32
Subjects • Indians of North America • Alphabet • Cherokee Indians • Cherokee language • Writing • Sequoyah
Categories • Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Historical • Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Cultural & Regional • Juvenile Nonfiction | Language Arts | General • Juvenile Nonfiction | Native American • Juvenile Nonfiction | History | United States - 19th Century • Juvenile Nonfiction | Poetry | General • Juvenile Nonfiction | Family | General (see also headings under Social Topics) • Juvenile Nonfiction | Diversity & Multicultural • Juvenile Nonfiction | History | United States - 20th Century • Juvenile Nonfiction | History | United States - 21st Century • Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Social Activists • Juvenile Nonfiction | LGBTQ+ | General
Publisher Summary
Publisher Summary
A 2005 Sibert Honor Book
The story of Sequoyah is the tale of an ordinary man with an extraordinary idea--to create a writing system for the Cherokee Indians and turn his people into a nation of readers and writers. The task he set for himself was daunting. Sequoyah knew no English and had no idea how to capture speech on paper. But slowly and painstakingly, ignoring the hoots and jibes of his neighbors and friends, he worked out a system that surprised the Cherokee Nation--and the world of the 1820s--with its beauty and simplicity. James Rumford's Sequoyah is a poem to celebrate literacy, a song of a people's struggle to stand tall and proud.