Powwow's Coming

By Linda Boyden

Powwow's coming, hear the beat?
Powwow's coming, dancing feet.
Powwow's coming, hear the drum?
Powwow's coming, everyone!

Frustrated as a schoolteacher not being able to find good instructional materials on American Indians, Linda Boyden has bypassed the tired stereotype of Indians on horseback or hunting game and placed them in today's setting of a powwow.

Powwow's Coming provides children with a foundation for understanding and celebrating the enduring culture and heritage of American Indians. Boyden's exquisite cut-paper collage and engaging poem visually place readers within the scenes of a contemporary Native American community while offering a thoughtful look at powwows and their meanings to the Native participants.

• Language: English
• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
• Release date: Nov 15, 2007
• ISBN: 9780826342676

Linda Boyden

Linda Boyden is a former elementary school teacher and author of Powwow's Coming (University of New Mexico Press) and The Blue Roses. The latter won the 2003 Paterson Prize in its age category, the Wordcraft Circle of Native American Writers and Storytellers' Book of the Year for Children's Literature, 2002-2003, and was included on the prestigious CCBC (Cooperative Children's Book Center) 2003 Choices list of recommended titles.

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Reviews for Powwow's Coming

[vicmelen · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

The book explained the Powwow's dancing. What people feel, see, hear, and do during it. Each page has one to two sentences in it that express the feeling toward Powwow dancing.I found this book appropriate for any grade in elementary. The book can be used to open student's eyes on different cultures and traditions.