Big Tortilla Moon

By: Joy Cowley, 

Age: 2+  | Published by: Dyanne Strongbow

ISBN: 9781563976018

Marta Enos is having a bad day. It begins when the wind blows her homework out the window and the dogs chew it to pieces. Her grandmother consoles her with a tortilla as "big and pale as a rising full moon," along with ancient words of advice. This charming story, set on a Papago reservation in southern Arizona near the Mexican border, offers Native American wisdom that helps children--and adults as well--put their problems in perspective.

Keywords: 
Arizona,  attitude,  character,  dealing with problems,  lesson,  moral,  Papago,  perspective,  resilience,  southwest,  Tohona O'odham reservation,  tortilla,  USA,  wisdom,