The Water Lady how Darlene Arviso helps a thirsty Navajo Nation
Cody is worried when his family on a New Mexico Navajo reservation runs out of water, but Darlene Arviso, called "The Water Lady," is on the way with her tanker truck. Includes glossary of Navajo terms and notes about Arviso and life on a reservation.
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Schwartz & Wade Books,
[2021]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | Cody is worried when his family on a New Mexico Navajo reservation runs out of water, but Darlene Arviso, called "The Water Lady," is on the way with her tanker truck. Includes glossary of Navajo terms and notes about Arviso and life on a reservation. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm |
| Audience: | Ages 4-8. Grades K-1. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9780525645009 0525645004 9780525645016 0525645012 |
| Author Notes: | Shonto Begay is the illustrator of several picture books, including The Mud Pony , The Magic of Spider Woman , and The Boy Who Dreamed of an Acorn . He is the the fifth child of sixteen born to a Navajo medicine man. Shonto attended federal boarding schools all over the Navajo Indian Reservation in his elementary school years. Later, he attended the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico and received his Associate of Fine Arts degree, and later earned a degree from the California College of Arts & Crafts. He resides in Arizona. |
