Watakame's Journey: The Story of the Great Flood and the New World

by Bonnie Larson and Hallie N. Love

Book Overview

Ages 9 years and over. The flood and the creation myth of the Huichol Indian people of Mexico is told through the brilliantly coloured yarn paintings of shaman Gaudalupe Barajas de la Cruz and other... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 157416029X
• ISBN13: 9781574160291
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Clear Light Publishing
• Length: 84 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.4" x 10.4"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

watakames journey the story of the great flood and the new w

I found this book in preparation for teaching a yarn painting project to my elementary and middle-school art students. The story is a wonderful creation myth, and beautifully illustrated with photos of the yarn paintings that were designed for it. In addition to being a great story, the book gives insight into the cultural and spiritual traditions of the Huichol Indians in Western Mexico.

Watakame's Journey

As a cultural anthropologist, I must give this book a rave review. It is lucidly written, totally available for the age group for which it is intended, and there is a perfect mesh between the clear prose and the gorgeous Huichol yarn paintings that illustrate it. While this book is perfectly accessible to children, it also provides an excellent read for the adult who is reading it to them! It also has the advantage of being anthropologically authentic. --- Christopher Boehm, Director, the Jane Goodall Research Center, University of Southern California.