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Rainy's Powwow
Linda Theresa Raczek
Rising Moon, Flagstaff, AZ, 1999
Pages: 29
Grades:
3+
Rating:
Neutral
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Overview:
Lorraine (Rainy) attends a powwow with old grandmother White Hair, and
feels left out. While watching the Grande Entry (parade of dancers
on to the dance grounds) Lorraine frowned. "They will call me
Chicken Feathers!" she said angrily. After thinking things through
she asked grandmother about the Traditional dancers. She talked to Saleen,
the Powwow princess who was a fancy shawl dancer. She asked Celeste who
dances the Jingle Dance. She stepped onto the dance ground and dance
even after the music stops, only the laughter of those around her brought
tears and sadness. In the end she decides to be a Traditional dancer
and dance for her grandmother in the Powwow Circle.
The book doesn't seem to be written with a positive influence, the names
used are seemingly stereotypical "grandmother white hair" and
the over all experience of the girl at the powwow is scary and sad; and
the illustrations seem to be dark and dreary. I would recommend
Cynthia Leitich-Smith's Jingle Dancer instead.
Marlette
Grant-Jackson – ITEPP-CRC
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