Book Detail

Cloud Eyes

Publication Information
Author:  Lasky, Kathryn Illustrator:  Moser, Barry
Title:  Cloud Eyes Date:  1994
Publisher:  Harcourt Brace City:  San Diego
ISBN, paperback:  0-15-219168-2 ISBN, hardback:  

Recommended audience:
ABE/ABLE:   Yes ESOL:  
Family:   Yes Young Adult:  
Picture:   Yes

General Information:
Book Type(s):    fiction, legends, tales and myths

HSE Descriptor(s):   

Summary:
A young Indian dreamer named Cloud Eyes uses his understanding of the language of animals to bring honey back to his people.

Teaching Ideas:
This book is an excellent addition to a text set on tales and legends. The story could serve as a copy change model for students to create their own tales. The underlying theme of a balance in nature could lead to a discussion of contemporary ecology and the relation of people to their environment. Ecology: www.conbio.rice.edu/v1/

Teaching Strategies:
bullet Copy Change
   http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/copy_change.pdf

Keywords: select any link below for a list of resources which also have that keyword
bullet Ethnic Groups > Native American
bullet Geography > environment
bullet Science > ecology
bullet Science > nature


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