New Releases by Laura Adams Armer

Madeline, smallest and naughtiest of the twelve little charges of Miss Clavel, wakes up one night with an attack of appendicitis.

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Story, told in beautiful poetic prose, of the training of a present-day Navajo Indian boy who feels a vocation to become a medicine man.

Author''s reminiscences of her experiences with the Navaho Indians.

An authentic picture of life in a desert country, where sheep raising is the major occupation. Nature and life are seen through the eyes of Navaho and Spanish-American children.

The deep center -- Born of the sun -- Caverns and skyscrapers -- Hats off in Mexico -- Drought -- Replenishment -- A Navaho healing -- Erosion -- Eternal meanings -- Home builders -- Cypress and palm -- Wisdom of serpents -- The eight-sided house -- Ta-ta-teen -- Greatness is unsearchable -- Soledad, mother of four -- We want to draw -- The voice of silence -- Salon of the desert -- Dealing with love -- The drought continues -- Mosie the cat -- Who knows? -- Ffestivals -- Sands of the sea -- Ganado -- Wizardry of words -- On the summits of the clouds I sought the gods and found them.

The text and illustrations enable the reader to identify and learn about specific forms of desert cactus.

Eight year old Na Nai''s training with his medicine man uncle is interrupted by the invasion of their Navaho homeland by American troops.

Younger Brother, a Navaho Indian boy, feels a vocation to become a medicine man. He undergoes eight years of training in the ancient religion of his people and the practical knowledge of living on the desert land that is his tribe''s homeland.