The Water Lady : how Darlene Arviso helps a thirsty Navajo Nation / by Alice B. McGinty ; illustrated by Shonto Begay.
Material type:
TextPublisher: New York : Schwartz & Wade Books, 2021Copyright date: ©2021Edition: First editionDescription: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cmContent type: - text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780525645009
- 0525645004
- 9780525645016
- 0525645012
- Arviso, Darlene -- Juvenile literature
- Water-supply -- Juvenile literature
- Deserts -- Juvenile literature
- Navajo Indians -- Juvenile literature
- Indians of North America -- New Mexico -- Juvenile literature
- Sustainable living -- Juvenile literature
- Navajo Indian Reservation -- Juvenile literature
- New Mexico -- Juvenile literature
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book
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Main Library | Children's Biography | ARVISO, D. M145 | Available | 33111010498539 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This inspiring picture book tells the true story of a woman who brings desperately needed water to families on the Navajo reservation every day.
Underneath the New Mexico sky, a Navajo boy named Cody finds that his family's barrels of water are empty. He checks the chicken coop-- nothing. He walks down the road to the horses' watering hole. Dry. Meanwhile, a few miles away, Darlene Arviso drives a school bus and picks up students for school. After dropping them off, she heads to another job- she drives her big yellow tanker truck to the water tower, fills it with three thousand gallons of water, and returns to the reservation, bringing water to Cody's family, and many, many others. Here is the incredible and inspiring true story of a Native American woman who continuously gives back to her community and celebrates her people.
Ages 4-8. Schwartz & Wade Books.
Grades K-1. Schwartz & Wade Books.
Cody is worried when his family on a New Mexico Navajo reservation runs out of water, but Darlene Arviso, called "The Water Lady," is on the way with her tanker truck. Includes glossary of Navajo terms and notes about Arviso and life on a reservation.
Includes bibliographical references.