The Shoshone: Pine Nut Harvesters of the Great Basin by Kristin Thoennes Keller
	List Price:   $23.93 Unit Price:   $19.14 You Save:   $4.79 (20%) ISBN-10:   0736821732 ISBN-13:   9780736821735 Publisher:   Capstone Press, Inc; Bridgestone Books Series:   America's First Peoples Ser. Edition:   illustrated Category:   Agriculture Pub. Date:   August 2003 Pages:   32 Format:   Library Binding Ages:   7 to 8 Grades:   2 to 3
Subjects
INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA_JUVENILE LITERATURE
Description/Notes
Through beautiful paintings and photography, the America's First Peoples series brings young readers into the unique cultures of American Indian tribes and nations. These books take a close look at the rich traditions that helped shape the lives of American Indians in the past and today. This series explores and supports standards under 'The History of Students' Own State or Religion,' and 'The History of the United States,' as required by the National Center for History in the Schools; and 'Culture and Cultural Diversity,' 'People, Places, and Environments,' 'Individual Development and Identity,' and 'Individuals, Groups, and Institutions,' as required by the National Council for the Social Studies. A Shoshone boy climbs to the top of a tall pinyon tree. He is covered with sticky, black pitch. He hangs on tightly and shakes the branches. Pinecones pour down to the ground. Girls waiting below scramble to fill their baskets with pinecones. They bring the filled baskets back to camp, where women cook the pine nuts in warm pits. The heat opens up the pinecones, revealing a tasty pine nut inside it. These pine nuts will keep the Shoshone from hunger during the cold winter. Book jacket.