![]() ![]() As accents, turquoise and green are added. These pictograms are built from stylized geometric components combined into other geometric forms in a palette built mostly from yellow, orange, red, brown, and black. The key reason to read this book is to see some of the most remarkable modern renderings ever created of classic southwestern Native American pictograms. Arrow to the Sun: A Pueblo Indian Tale (Picture Puffin) (Paperback) Creation, Quest, and Spreading the Spirit in Fabulous Images, April 17, 2001īy Professor Donald Mitchell "a Practical Optimist" (Boston) Both media are a retelling of a Pueblo tale, in which a mysterious boy seeks his father. ![]() The book was printed in gouache and ink, and won the 1975 Caldecott Medal for illustration. This gives us a chance to look at the book itself.Īrrow to the Sun Arrow to the Sun is a 1973 short film and a 1974 book, both by Gerald McDermott. Educator Debbie Reese (Nambe) reviews a teaching guide for Arrow to the Sun, an award-winning but flawed Native-style book. ![]()
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