Author: Rebecca Sheir Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC ISBN: 1635866332 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 46
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A classic folktale with roots in the traditional stories of many Indigenous peoples in North America, The Great Ball Game is adapted for today's kids by Rebecca Sheir, host of the award-winning Circle Round podcast. The stunning art of Joshua Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley, an Ojibwe woodland artist, along with creative activities, make this an engaging picture book that also fosters storytelling and promotes the values of diversity, acceptance, and understanding of others.
Author: Publisher: Dial ISBN: 9780803715394 Category : Animals Languages : en Pages : 0
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Bat, who has both wings and teeth, plays an important part in a game between the Birds and the Animals to decide which group is better.
Author: Vernon L. Scarborough Publisher: University of Arizona Press ISBN: 9780816513604 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 426
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The Precolumbian ballgame, played on a masonry court, has long intrigued scholars because of the magnificence of its archaeological remains. From its lowland Maya origins it spread throughout the Aztec empire, where the game was so popular that sixteen thousand rubber balls were imported annually into Tenochtitlan. It endured for two thousand years, spreading as far as to what is now southern Arizona. This new collection of essays brings together research from field archaeology, mythology, and Maya hieroglyphic studies to illuminate this important yet puzzling aspect of Native American culture. The authors demonstrate that the game was more than a spectator sport; serving social, political, mythological, and cosmological functions, it celebrated both fertility and the afterlife, war and peace, and became an evolving institution functioning in part to resolve conflict within and between groups. The contributors provide complete coverage of the archaeological, sociopolitical, iconographic, and ideological aspects of the game, and offer new information on the distribution of ballcourts, new interpretations of mural art, and newly perceived relations of the game with material in the Popol Vuh. With its scholarly attention to a subject that will fascinate even general readers, The Mesoamerican Ballgame is a major contribution to the study of the mental life and outlook of New World peoples.
Author: Martin Handford Publisher: Where's Wally ISBN: 9781406313215 Category : Picture puzzles Languages : en Pages : 0
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Face the fiendish and fantastical Wally challenge in this classic mini-edition with free magnifying glass. Join Wally on his quest through magical and bizarre fantasy lands. Hidden in every intricately-detailed scene are Wally and his friends - so let the hunt begin! Full of eye-boggling extras and hours of fun, this third classic Wally adventure comes in a fiendish mini edition with free magnifying glass. Wow! Amazing! The Where's Wally? series has sold over 75 million books worldwide.
Author: Marvin Miller Publisher: Ivan R. Dee Publisher ISBN: 9781566635998 Category : Baseball Languages : en Pages : 0
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Marvin Miller became the first executive director of the newly formed Major League Baseball Players Association. He recounts his experience in dealing with club owners and his success in winning a new role for the players. He helped virtually end the system that bound an athlete to one team forever and thereby raised salaries enormously. formed
Author: Joseph Bruchac Publisher: ISBN: Category : Animals Languages : en Pages :
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Bat, who had both wings and teeth, plays an important part in a game between the Birds and the Animals to decide which group is better.
Author: Rebecca Sheir Publisher: ISBN: 9781635866322 Category : Cherokee Indians Languages : en Pages : 0
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When the Animals and Birds argue about who is better, they decide to settle the matter with a game of ball and ultimately learn a lesson from Bat, who has characteristics of both animals and birds. Adapted from the folktale originating from the Cherokee, Creek, Ojibway, and Menominee people of North America.
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