Michele Girotto Girotto itibaren Bambori, Madhya Pradesh, India itibaren Bambori, Madhya Pradesh, India

This was my favorite childhood book. I lost my copy in high school. The illustrations are beautiful and simple; the story is about conceit and bossiness. Just don't eat the 'candy.'

I enjoyed the book for three reasons: 1) I'm an ethnologist who likes anything to do with Native North America (as long as it is tasteful); 2) I have family members who are or were members of the Navajo Hot Shot Crew (very cool!)and 3) I'm Native American. With that said I found Ault's description of the Tanoan Pueblo very interesting. For those of you who don't know, she made this pueblo up and she creates their culture from a variety of different native groups. I thought this was extremely cool, because she shows how cultural sensitive she is. Most Pueblos do not share their religion with anyone outside of their communities. I gave this book 4 stars because I enjoyed Ault's creation of the Tanoan Pueblo, however, the storyline was predictible. I figured out who the culprit was way before the ending.