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Author
Pub. Date
©2004
Description
"This book presents 74 color plates of Navajo rugs and wall hangings woven between 1971 and 1996. Drawn from a private southwestern collection, they represent the work of sixty of the finest native weavers in the American southwest. The creations depicted here reflect a number of styles - revival, sand-painting, pictorial, miniature, sampler - and a number of major regional variations, from Ganado to Teec Nos Pos." "Textile authority Ann Hedlund provides...
22) Bahar, the lucky
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
Determined to help her family earn more money than what she makes selling rugs at the local bazaar, Bahar decides to become a fortune teller. After she stumbles into some early fortune telling success, the king summons Bahar to the palace to be his new fortune teller. How will she get herself out of trouble now?
Author
Pub. Date
c2011
Description
This book is the culmination of over twenty years of research. Gathered from museums, public archives, and private families is the history of the spectacularly scenic region, the local traders, and the notable weaving families. It is intertwined with information acquired during thousands of interviews with the region's weavers. The book illustrates the lineage of the local weaving tradition that has passed from grandmothers to mothers, and mothers...
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A young emperor, whose advisors have taken advantage of him, enlists the help of honest tailors to reveal their misdeeds in this retelling of the classic fairy tale. Includes historical notes and instructions for making a robe.
Author
Series
The Deadlies volume 2
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 3
Description
Buster, a walnut orb weaving spider, enlists the help of Jo Beth, one of a family of poisonous but friendly brown recluse spiders, to help stop humans who are stealing from the rare books room of the Boston Public Library, where the spiders live.
27) The spirit line
Author
Pub. Date
[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 7
Description
When the special rug Crystal Manyfeathers is weaving for her kinaaldá, the traditional Navajo womanhood ceremony, is stolen from her loom, there are any number of suspects.