Marcia Keegan (1938–2016)

Pueblo boy is a story about a Native American boy who grew up in a small town in New Mexico. The book is written as a narrative informational text with actual pictures of the town and activities. The little boy learns how to intertwine both the culture he is growing up in as well as the culture he comes from. When he is at home he follows his Indian culture with his family but when he goes to school or hangs out with his friends he has to adjust his from his native culture to his new culture. The book shows how someone from a different culture can find a way to intertwine his own culture with his new culture.… (mehr)

Timmy is a boy who lives in a Native American tribe in New Mexico, and he has the opportunity to learn the traditions of his tribe and the world outside of his tribe. Timmy goes to school, uses computers, rides a bike, and plays pocket pool. He also gets to see how his father makes Native American art, sees his mother weave belts, dance in ceremonials acts, and learns rituals that has been passed from a long time ago. The book reflects the native’s happiness, religion, art, agriculture, beliefs, culture, and way of life. The story shows how natives have adapted to the outside society.… (mehr)

This book tells about a the everyday life of a little boy who with a native American heritage. It tells about how he has two names and much like his two names he has a sort of double life. A "regular" one and one full of his traditions and how these two lives mix all the time and its really only one. The book also gives some background on the Pueblo people.

Review:

This book is good but extremely outdated. As I read it I could tell by the pictures that the book was at least a decade old right of the bat. None the less the author does a good job of following the boy around through out his day ad incorporating information and explaining traditions.… (mehr)