Sequoyah: The Cherokee Man Who Gave His People Writing by James Rumford environmental literacy The White Duck

The White Duck

Beaver Lake Nature Center

"Everyone should read this book--perhaps even out loud to a child

and wrote and illustrated Daniel Finds a Poem

ready made formats and blank pages on which to draw

Sequoyah: The Cherokee Man Who Gave His People Writing by James Rumford environmental literacy The White DuckA 2005 Sibert Honor Book The story of Sequoyah is the tale of an ordinary man with an extraordinary idea to create a writing system for the Cherokee Indians and turn his people into a nation of readers and writers. The task he set for himself was daunting. Sequoyah knew no English and had no idea how to capture speech on paper. But slowly and painstakingly, ignoring the hoots and jibes of his neighbors and friends, he worked out a system that