Now, who was this Sequoyah? my father asks.
An edition of Sequoyah
(2004)
Sequoyah
the Cherokee man who gave his people writing
by James Rumford
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While walking through a forest of sequoias, a father tells his family the story of the tree's namesake. Sequoyah was a Cherokee man who invented a system of writing for his people. His neighbors feared the symbols he wrote and burned down his home. All of his work was lost, but, still determined, he tried another approach. The Cherokee people finally accepted the written language after Sequoyah taught his six-year-old daughter to read
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Alphabet, Writing, Cherokee Indians, Biography, Cherokee language, Juvenile literature, Indians of north america, juvenile literature, Indians of north america, cherokee indians, Sequoyah, 1770?-1843, award:Sibert_award, lexile:620, lexile_range:601-700, lexile_code:AD, age:min:4, age:max:7, grade:min:Preschool, grade:max:3People
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2004, Houghton Mifflin Co.
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Sequoyah: The Cherokee Man Who Gave His People Writing (Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Honor (Awards))
November 1, 2004, Houghton Mifflin
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| January 7, 2024 | Edited by Bernat Fortet | Add subjects: lexile:620, lexile_range:601-700, lexile_code:AD, age:min:4, age:max:7, grade:min:Preschool, grade:max:3 |
| January 3, 2024 | Edited by Bernat Fortet | Add Juvenile subject |
| August 1, 2020 | Edited by ImportBot | import existing book |
| February 13, 2020 | Edited by MARC Bot | remove fake subjects |
| December 10, 2009 | Created by WorkBot | add works page |