When Clay Sings

Brief Description: Reprint. Originally published: New York: Scribner, 1972. Brief Description: The daily life and customs of prehistoric southwest Indian tribes are retraced from the designs on the remains of their pottery. Marc Notes: Copyright date 1972.; The daily life and customs of prehistoric southwest Indian tribes are retraced from the designs on the remains of their pottery.; 1; 006-009.; A Caldecott Honor Book. Publisher Marketing: Pieces of broken pots are scattered over the desert hillsides of the Southwest. The Indians there treat them with respect--"Every piece of clay is a piece of someone's life," they say. And the children try to imagine those lives that took place in the desert they think of as their own. Review Citations:

Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/1991 pg. 424 (EAN 9780684188294, Hardcover)

Wilson Children's Catalog 96 01/01/1996 pg. 476 (EAN 9780684188294, Hardcover)

Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/2001 pg. 394 (EAN 9780684188294, Hardcover)

Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/2006 pg. 577 (EAN 9780684188294, Hardcover)

Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/2010 pg. 872 (EAN 9780684188294, Hardcover)

Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/1991 pg. 424 (EAN 9780689711060, Paperback)

Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/2010 pg. 872 (EAN 9780689711060, Paperback)

Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/1991 pg. 424 (EAN 9780606023085, Prebound-Sewn)

Contributor Bio:  Baylor, Byrd Byrd Baylor lives and writes in Arizona, presenting images of the Southwest and an intense connection between the land and the people. Her prose illustrates vividly the value of simplicity, the natural world, and the balance of life within it.