Friday, July 20, 2012
Arrow to the Sun
This story is based off a Pueblo Indian tale where a boy goes on a journey to discover his father, who is the Lord of the Sun. On his journey he gets help from an arrow maker who shoots the boy ti the sun then has to go through four trials to prove to the Lord of the Sun that the boy is his son. The book provides some great illustrations that are very bright and colorful and represent the Pueblo Indians. The story seems authentic but the author himself is not Pueblo Indian. The meaning of the story is to never give on on your dreams, like the boy never gave up in finding his father even going through some obstacles.
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I assume this is a traditional Puelbo tale. I think that it could be used at many different grade levels depending on what you wanted the kids to do with it. The pictures will attract the younger kids while finding the author's meaning would be a good task for older students.
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