When Clay Sings by Byrd Baylor

Title: When Clay Sings

Author:  Byrd Baylor     

Illustrator:  Tom Bahti     

Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers    

Year: 1972

Awards/Accolades: Caldecott Honor

Summary:

Lyric text describes the pottery found in the Southwest USA; describes the people who might have used it, how they created it, what their life may have been like.

Curriculum Connections:

Social studies: Native Americans; pottery; Communication; archaeology

Special Features:

End note explains the basis for the designs in the book.

This title is in the Knox County Public Library.