Occasionally, I come across a rare gem of a children’s book that warms my heart. It’s not a book that attempts to “dumb down”, simplify, or infuse awkward silliness into an important issue facing the world today, such as global warming. It’s not a book just for children.
It’s Tribal Alphabet, a multicultural children’s book presenting the ABCs of indigenous people.
Tribal Alphabet is beautifully illustrated and informative. From Australian Aborigine to Zulu (and all the letters in between), children and parents learn about each tribe following the alphabetic progession.
Nn is for Nukak
Along the Amazon Basin, the Nukak migrate
A tribe never contacted ’til 1988.
The Nukak hunt monkeys, frogs, and peccaries too,
They fish for piranha in the rivers blue.
But now outsiders have sent in expeditions
And some Nukak suffer from disease and malnutrition.
Coca farmers and armies occupied their land
So the Nukak marched out, bow and arrown in hand.
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