Book Descriptions
for Did You Hear Wind Sing Your Name? by Sandra De Coteau Orie and Christopher Canyon
From Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)
An lyrical poem from Oneida writer Sandra De Coteau Orie celebrates the coming of spring with keen, gentle questions that invite children to observe and appreciate nature's gifts. "Did you see / the White Birch standing tall among the Darkwoods / and the greening of the Aspen saplings?" Orie, who grew up and still resides in Wisconsin, uses elements of nature significant to her Oneida culture to mark spring's arrival, explaining their meaning in an author's note. Christopher Canyon's rich, detailed paintings are filled with the small wonders of nature, as well as its expansive beauty. (Ages 4-9)
CCBC Choices 1995. © Cooperative Children's Book Center, Univ. of Wisconsin - Madison, 1995. Used with permission.
From the Publisher
American Bookseller "Pick of the Lists", 1995
-- Kentucky Bluegrass Award, Masterlist, 1996
-- Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies, 1995
-- Kentucky Bluegrass Award, Masterlist, 1996
-- Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies, 1995
"Pitched in soothing cadence, (Orie's) narrative poses a series of questions, asking readers if they have heard, seen, or experienced various phenomena that signal the approach of spring". -- PW
Publisher description retrieved from Google Books.
