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An ABC Book of Loanwords from the Americas
Will be published approx. on 30. October 2010
Book
Hardback
74 pages
978-0-8263-4726-8 (ISBN)
Description
Linda Boyden shares an alphabet list of indigenous loanwords from North, South, and Central America that have found their way into common usage either nationally or regionally.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Albuquerque, NM
United States
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 6 to 8 years
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Paper over boards
Illustrations
34 colour illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 221 mm
Width: 261 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
558 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8263-4726-8 (9780826347268)
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Person
Linda Boyden is a former elementary school teacher and author of Powwow's Coming (University of New Mexico Press) and The Blue Roses. The latter won the 2003 Paterson Prize in its age category, the Wordcraft Circle of Native American Writers and Storytellers' Book of the Year for Children's Literature, 2002-2003, and was included on the prestigious CCBC (Cooperative Children's Book Center) 2003 Choices list of recommended titles.