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Childcraft Annual #year 1980
Native North Americans: A Supplement to Childcraft--The How and Why Library
Part of World Book's Childcraft series, Native North Americans explores the world of the native peoples of North America through stories, games, and colorful illustations. Leveled activities make a variety of concepts accessible to a range of ages. Your children will enjoy learning about their world with this book, and other exciting volumes from the Childcraft series.
208 pages, Hardcover
First published August 1, 1980
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Childcraft International
131 books19 followers“Character training, discipline guidance, and habit formation are processes in your child’s development that cause you serious concern. You want your child to develop habits and traits of character that are admirable and worthwhile—habits and traits that will ensure happiness and success in life.”
These are words of introduction from the inaugural 1934 Parent Guide Supplement to Childcraft, a 15-volume annual series launched as a home instructional and educational resource for parents. Childcraft remained a mainstay within American households over 7 decades, sold door-to-door, direct to parents.
Childcraft was succeeded by Discovery and Discovery Science. Discovery and Discovery Science are multivolume print and digital reference resources for elementary readers.
The iconic Childcraft brand remains in the public domain as an Annual Update to owners of an original Childcraft set and is displayed each year at the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholder’s meeting.
These are words of introduction from the inaugural 1934 Parent Guide Supplement to Childcraft, a 15-volume annual series launched as a home instructional and educational resource for parents. Childcraft remained a mainstay within American households over 7 decades, sold door-to-door, direct to parents.
Childcraft was succeeded by Discovery and Discovery Science. Discovery and Discovery Science are multivolume print and digital reference resources for elementary readers.
The iconic Childcraft brand remains in the public domain as an Annual Update to owners of an original Childcraft set and is displayed each year at the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholder’s meeting.
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March 14, 2011
Learn about North and South American Indians in this amazing book. This books talks about each tribe and how they live. The food they eat, the type of house they had, and their customs. Really great Book!
July 20, 2021
Reading this reminded me of my childhood conception of indigenous peoples, in all the worst ways. In general, there's quite a condescending tone -- which is enough reason to skip it -- but here are a few egregious problems from the portion I read:
From page 26: "By the time of Columbus... about a million Indians lived in what are now the United States, Canada and Alaska." Let's be generous and call that a dated estimate.
From page 47: written in the voice of an old Chippewa man (not quoting a real Chippewa elder, mind you, only make believe) speaking to an audience of 1970s children, "We are learning to live in your world." No. Just no. Yuck! As if being indigenous means it takes hundreds of generations to learn how to function amidst the pinnacle of human civilization, i.e. shopping at strip malls and watching TV. /eyeroll
From page 70: "The children looked at their teacher with interest. He had just told them he was an Indian -- a Mohawk Indian!" Yuck for exoticism.
This kind of tone is why kids like me thought all the Native Americans were long gone, maybe a few hundred left in the entire country.
DNF. There's no chance I'll be handing this to our son, so there's no point keeping it.
From page 26: "By the time of Columbus... about a million Indians lived in what are now the United States, Canada and Alaska." Let's be generous and call that a dated estimate.
From page 47: written in the voice of an old Chippewa man (not quoting a real Chippewa elder, mind you, only make believe) speaking to an audience of 1970s children, "We are learning to live in your world." No. Just no. Yuck! As if being indigenous means it takes hundreds of generations to learn how to function amidst the pinnacle of human civilization, i.e. shopping at strip malls and watching TV. /eyeroll
From page 70: "The children looked at their teacher with interest. He had just told them he was an Indian -- a Mohawk Indian!" Yuck for exoticism.
This kind of tone is why kids like me thought all the Native Americans were long gone, maybe a few hundred left in the entire country.
DNF. There's no chance I'll be handing this to our son, so there's no point keeping it.
April 29, 2023
5 stars
We thought this was one of the coolest books ever when we were little.
We thought this was one of the coolest books ever when we were little.
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