Book Descriptions
for Houses of Bark by Bonnie Shemie
From Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)
Line drawings accompany a brief text which describes the three basic traditional types of shelters built by Woodland Indians. Pictures show both an exterior and interior view of each dwelling while the text explains how the structures were built and why they were particularly well suited to the environment. (Ages 6-9)
CCBC Choices 1990 . © Cooperative Children's Book Center, Univ. of Wisconsin - Madison, 1990. Used with permission.
From the Publisher
From the Northwest Territories of Canada as far southeast as Virginia in the United States, bark was a necessity of everyday life for Native peoples. Simple to cut, light to carry, easy to work with, it was used for food, containers, and canoes. With remarkable skill and ingenuity, people of the First Nations used familiar bark to make practical shelters.
Publisher description retrieved from Google Books.