ALONG SANDY TRAILS

by Ann Nolan Clark ‧ RELEASE DATE: Sept. 18, 1969

Along Sandy Trails is a photographic counterpart and complement to In My Mother's House -- which is where the Papago Indian girl and her grandmother end up after spending a day in the desert. ""There are so many things in this quiet land"" -- and the color photos, accompanying the typically parapoetic Ann Nolan Clark text, display them to advantage. The little girl's favorite -- the quail -- and the grandmother's -- the giant cactus -- are dwelt on at some length without, however, depicting their stated activities/attributes precisely or fully (e.g. we don't see the cactus making walls and fences or supplying water). It's appreciative natural history, then, with some reflection of the Indians' relation to it but only limited evidence of tangible involvement. And just this aspect -- that it's fundamentally a catalog of desert flora and fauna -- is likely to deter the younger child who responds to something more active and personal.

Pub Date: Sept. 18, 1969

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Viking

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Sept. 1, 1969

Categories: CHILDREN'S