Circle of wonder : a Native American Christmas story / N. Scott Momaday.
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TextPublication details: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 1999.Description: 40 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cmISBN: - 0826321496 (cl. : alk. paper)
- 9780826321497 (cl. : alk. paper)
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Materials specified | Vol info | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book
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Main Library | Children's Fiction | Children’s Holiday | Momaday N. Sc | Christmas | Available | 33111007077593 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Drawing on childhood memories of Christmas in a New Mexican village, Momaday produces a poetic story that skilfully blends Christian and Native American traditions. On Christmas Eve, Tolo, a lonely mute boy, is drawn by the spirit of his beloved grandfather to a bonfire in the mountains, where he shares a 'circle of wonder and good will' with an elk, a wolf and an eagle. His heart fills with love for his family, for the Christ child and for all creation, and in this brief glimpse of the interconnectedness of all life his loneliness is banished forever. Features Momaday's singular, impressionistic artwork.
A mute Indian child has an extraordinary experience one Christmas when, following a figure who seems to be his beloved dead grandfather, he becomes part of a circle in which he, animals, nature, and all the world join in a moment of peace and good will.