Beginning with Ghąąjį' (October), Nancy Bo Flood explores the Navajo year in this picture-book published by Salina Bookshelf, a small independent press in Arizona that specializes in books devoted to the Navajo language and culture. Their catalogue includes bilingual picture-books such as Dzání Yázhí Naazbaa': Little Woman Warrior Who Came Home: A Story of the Navajo Long Walk and The Stone Cutter and the Navajo Maiden: Tsé Yitsidí dóó Ch'ikééh Bitsédaashjéé', as well as textbooks like Diné Bizaad Bínáhoo’aah: Rediscovering the Navajo Language.

The Navajo Year, Walk Through Many Seasons is not really bilingual, although the Navajo word for each month is used (with in depth instructions regarding pronunciation at the rear of the book). It does, however, give a detailed look at traditional Navajo activities during the course of the tear, from winter storytelling sessions with Grandfather during Níłch'ih Ts'ósí (November) to summertime powwows and rodeos during Ya'iishjáásh Tsoh (July). The accompanying illustrations by Navajo artist Billy Whitethorne (Nancy Bo Flood is not Navajo), although not precisely my "cup of tea," are colorful and attention-grabbing. Recommended to young readers with an interest in Navajo language and culture. ( )