Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #23971 in Books
• Published on: 2002-09
• Format: Box set
• Number of items: 6
• Binding: Paperback

Customer Reviews

Not For Me
Look, I don't mean to insult the Indian history loving historians, but this series to me is even more boring then the Julie 1974 collection. You all have the right to love Indian history as you wish, but I think just Indian history alone is boring. What did the Indians do? They ate, they slept, they battled in enemy once in awhile, what else is there to learn? This is historical for people who love Indian history, but I've already learned enough about their history, and it's not that hard to get tired of it.

A great way to engage your kids in books
It'd be hard for me to overstate how much my daughter (seven) and I have enjoyed reading these six books. We just finished, and we're going to re-read them. My six year year old son, who initially was not interested, became an avid fan through the course of listening to Kaya develop and mature. I think the highest praise I could offer is that the kids would want to go upstairs to read books with out the usual resistance so they could get in more reading time.

Kaya: An American Girl
I started reading the Kaya books to my 6 year old daughter a few months ago, and she loves them. I like how the author takes the reader into the world of Native American culture in a way that is interesting to adults and children. My daughter practices saying the Nez Perce words, which are so conviently located in the glossary in the back of the book. It's helped to open up her world to other cultures right here in our own country. Kaya is a brave girl with anxieties who loves her family; not all that different from our own American girls of today! I highly recommend these books for mothers and daughters to read together when they're young, then have them read them again later on their own.