The Button Blanket (A Northwest Coast Indian Art Series)

Indian art of the Northwest Coast comes to life through childrens' exploration of THE BUTTON BLANKET filled with activities, games, puzzles & a story. Traditional crest designs of the Indian families are portrayed as they appear on regalia called button blankets. Reviewed in THE SEATTLE TIMES, 1987, THE BUTTON BLANKET "tells of a little native girl who helps make a button blanket for her first potlatch. Then follow several easy crafts based on typical shapes & figures, as well as instructions for making a blanket. A teaching guide is appended making it particularly useful for teachers. The Bentwood Box (gr. 3-8), the first book published in this series, is also aimed at bring this art & culture to a wide juvenile audience."McNutt, Nan is the author of 'The Button Blanket (A Northwest Coast Indian Art Series)' with ISBN 9780961453435 and ISBN 0961453435.