Byrd Baylor (1924–2021)

Beautifully written story of a young Hispanic shepherd and his grandfather. The boy learns to hear the different meanings of the coyote's cry through his life and death experiences caring for the sheep and their sheepdog's puppies.

Primary to Intermediate
The way to start the day by welcoming and singing songs to the sun. It talks about how many different cultures all do this in different ways.
I'm not sure if I'd have this book in my classroom because I'm biased to poems that rhyme, and these poems don't, but I do love the vibrant illustrations.

This book would be good for later primary and early intermediate. This is a book of poems about how to start your day by facing the sun, and it has poems about old traditions of various cultures, and the way they view the sun. I don't think I would use this in my classroom because it is an older book and I could find other cultural poetry books that would be more relevant to today's society.

A powerful story written in poetry form of a Native Boy that believes there are others out there. The tribes is only worried about the day to day needs, but the boy has a friend in the Old Man. The two dream together and find what they are looking for. The book is a strong message to those growing up. Beautiful watercolor illustrations.