Description
Husi Cazares grew up in Arizona in small villages on the Tohono O'odham Reservation. He holds a M.A. in Native American Studies from the University of Arizona. He has taught his tribes culture, language and History. Husi received his second M.S. in Communication Sciences and Disorders and currently he works as a tri-lingual speech language pathologist in southern Arizona. He remains active in language preservation within his tribe. Kerrie Ann Cazares grew up in Orland Park, Illinois before moving to Arizona to attend the University of Arizona. She received her Bachelor's Degree in Sociology at Saint Xavier University in Chicago, Illinois. She spends her time writing new books with her husband and working for a non-profit in Greenvalley, Arizona.
This bilingual board book about familiar animals in the Sonoran Desert introduces written and spoken Tohono O’odham phrases to the reader and listener.
This board book introduces Sonoran Desert animals in the Tohono O’odham language. Each of the pages contains a cute drawing of an animal engaged in an activity and has an O’odham and English sentence. This book contains images familiar to O’odham culture to promote usage of the words at home, in the community, or in school. The board book also has a glossary at the end for quick reference. There is a QR code link that directs visitors to a webpage with the pronunciations of the words, numbers and sentences found in the board book.