Sounds of a Powwow

Sounds of Language Readers

by Bill Martin Jr.

A collection of stories, poems, songs, and Indian chants, many of which encourage the reader to make up more stories, new endings, and additional verses.

224 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1970

About the author

Bill Martin, Jr. (1916-2004) was an elementary-school principal, teacher, writer, and poet. His more than 300 books, among them the bestselling classics Brown Bear Brown Bear What Do You See ; Polar Bear Polar Bear What Do You Hear ; Panda Bear Panda Bear What Do You See ; and Chicka Chicka Boom Boom , are a testament to his ability to speak directly to children. Martin held a doctoral degree in early childhood education. Born in Kansas, he worked as an elementary-school principal in Chicago before moving to New York City, where he worked in publishing, developing innovative reading programs for schools. After several years, he devoted himself full-time to writing his children's books. He lived in New York until 1993, when he moved to Texas. He lived in the east Texas woods, near the town of Commerce, until he passed away in 2004.

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Reviews

[Amy · Rating 4 out of 5]

A Reader published in the early 70's. This has wonderful illustrations, and great creative exercises (Eric Carle illustrations, stories/poetry by Esphyr Slobodkina, Margaret Wise Brown)-
Pictures to help imagine stories, chants, classic rhymes and stories-
I particularly liked the way all of the text was not printed for repetitive stories - like 'Over in the Meadow' and 'The Bear Song.' After recognizing the pattern, children were asked to predict the next verses.
I also liked the creative use of fonts and text alignment - it made the book more interesting to me. But I can see that this might be difficult for some second graders.

[Abby Morgan · Rating 3 out of 5]

The books isolates sounds for students so they can practice their phonemic awareness.