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Tillie S. Pine

Autor(a) de The Indians Knew

31 Works 624 Membros 4 Críticas

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Obras por Tillie S. Pine

The Indians Knew (1957) 196 exemplares
Magnets and How To Use Them (1958) 165 exemplares
The Egyptians Knew (1964) — Autor — 39 exemplares
The Pilgrims Knew (1957) 30 exemplares
Gravity all around (1963) 19 exemplares
The Eskimos Knew (1853) 19 exemplares
The Chinese Knew (1958) 17 exemplares
The Incas Knew (1968) 13 exemplares
Friction all around (1960) 12 exemplares
The Africans Knew (1800) 10 exemplares
Heat All Around (1963) 10 exemplares
The Arabs Knew (1976) 7 exemplares
Sounds All Around (1958) 7 exemplares
The Polynesians Knew (1974) 7 exemplares
Light All Around (1961) 6 exemplares
Air All Around (1960) 6 exemplares
Water All Around (1842) — Autor — 6 exemplares
Weather all around (1966) 6 exemplares
The Maya Knew (1971) 3 exemplares
Trees and how we use them, (1969) 2 exemplares
Energy all around (1975) 2 exemplares
Ljuset omkring oss (1975) 1 exemplar
Indian Knew, The 1 exemplar

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This book gives a slightly patronizing overview of Native American technology: "The Indians knew that hot air and smoke rises!" They made openings in the top of their tipis to let the smoke out. Like nearly every other culture in the world. Wow. The ventilation arrangement in a tipi (described by Ernest Thompson Seton in a very insightful book with the truly objectionable title Two Little Savages) is actually a lot more sophisticated than this book implies, but the author seems not to have a comprehensive understanding of it. Lacking a deep knowledge of pre-contact North American cultures, she probably misses a lot of stuff that would amaze us. Still, it's not wrong as far as it goes. The most difficult thing about the book is not the author's fault at all, but a reflection of the book being published half a century ago: "Indians", in most parts of Canada or the United States, is no longer the word to describe indigenous peoples; in the United States, it's usually Native Americans, in Canada it's generally First Nations. Every other sentence in this book begins "The Indians knew..." and that's not the sort of habit of speech that I want my grandchildren, who go to school with kids from the Aamjiwnaang First Nation, to fall into.… (mais)
 
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muumi | Nov 16, 2020 |
An introduction to many useful items or processes invented by the Chinese thousands of years ago, telling how we apply similar concepts to new ideas today and suggesting ways to simply duplicate or enjoy the ancient Chinese discoveries.
 
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riselibrary_CSUC | 1 outra crítica | Jul 31, 2020 |
This was my favorite book when I was a child. I read it over and over again just before falling asleep. Gravity explained very simply and entertaining with fun illustrations for children.
 
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Melissarochell | Jul 20, 2013 |
A child's book on Chinese Inventions
 
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dawndrium | 1 outra crítica | Apr 1, 2007 |

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Associated Authors

Joseph Levine Author, Joint Author.
Bernice Myers Illustrator
Ezra Jack Keats Illustrator
Anne Marie Jauss Illustrator

Estatísticas

Obras
31
Membros
624
Popularidade
#40,357
Avaliação
½ 3.3
Críticas
4
ISBN
31
Línguas
2

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