Annie and the Old One

Format:

Book

Title:

Annie and the Old One

Author:

Miles, Miska author

ISBN:

9780316571203

9780316571173

Edition:

First edition.

Publication:

Boston : Little, Brown and Company, [1971]

Physical Description:

44 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Series title(s):

Newbery Honor Book ;

Number in series:

1972.

General Note:

Peter Parnall (born May 23, 1936) is an American artist and writer, best known for his work on books for younger readers. His work has earned him high praise and a number of awards. Some of his books have become collector items. He has illustrated over eighty books written by others and has authored and self-illustrated several books of his own, often studies of habitats. His favorite medium is pen and ink of subjects from the natural world. Many of his works have been separately published in limited editions as signed and numbered prints.

"An Atlantic Monthly Press book."

Summary:

A Navajo girl unravels a day's weaving on a rug whose completion, she believes, will mean the death of her grandmother.

Program Information:

Accelerated Reader 2.6 1.0.

Subject(s):

Navajo Indians -- Juvenile fiction.

Navajo girls -- Juvenile fiction.

Indians of North America -- Southwest, New -- Juvenile fiction.

Death -- Juvenile fiction.

Grandparent and child -- Juvenile fiction.

Visual literacy.

Navajo Indians -- Fiction.

Indians of North America -- Southwest, New -- Fiction.

Death -- Fiction.

Geographic Term:

New Southwest

Genre:

Picture books for children.

Added Author:

Added Corporate Author:

Little, Brown and Company,

Holds:

Available:*

Library	Call Number	Status
Searching... Silver Falls Library	JP MILES	Searching... Unknown
Searching... Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Library	NA ELEM FIC MIL	Searching... Unknown

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Summary

A Newbery Honor Book

Winner of the Christopher Award

The concept of death is beautifully presented to young children in this moving story of a Navajo child's love for her grandmother and her reluctance to lose her.

Annie, a Navajo child, resorts to extremes in trying to prevent her dear grandmother from dying. The "old one'' has said she will return to Earth when she has finished helping Annie and Annie's mother to weave their new rug, so the child does everything she can to delay the project. When the grandmother explains her beliefs, Annie understands and no longer attempts to hold back time.

Author Notes

Patricia Miles Martin is the author of several books for young readers. Much of her writing is inspired by the time she spent living on a farm in Kansas and a Navajo reservation.

Peter Parnall is the award-winning illustrator of over 80 books, some of which he also authored. Many of his books involve animals and nature, especially in the desert.

Annie and the Old One received a Newbery Honor and a Christopher Medal.

Reviews (1)

Publisher's Weekly Review

Annie, an Indian child, resorts to extremes in trying to prevent her dear grandmother from dying. The ``old one'' has said she will return to Earth when she has finished helping Annie and Annie's mother to weave their new rug, so the child does everything she can to delay the project. When the grandmother explains her beliefs, Annie understands and no longer attempts to hold back time. PW praised Miles for a story representing ``a difficult challenge'' and Parnall's pictures that ``reflect the dignity of thetext,'' in the 1971 Newbery Honor book. (68) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved