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The Shaman's Apprentice: A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest
(Hardcover, 1998)
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Author: Lynne Cherry, Mark J. Plotkin
Kamanya believes in the shaman's wisdom about the healing properties of plants found in the Amazon r...
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Format: Hardcover
ISBN-10: 0152012818
ISBN-13: 9780152012816
Mar 1998
Publisher: Gulliver Books
Grade:
From 1 to 2
Language: English |
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Synopsis
Kamanya believes in the shaman's wisdom about the healing properties of plants found in the Amazon rain forest and hopes one day to be a healer for his people., Kamanya is a young Tirio boy living with his tribe in the Amazon rain forest. Kamanya's dream is to become a healer like Nahtahlah, the tribe's shaman, who is teaching the young boy the wisdom of herbal healing. When the Tirio people become sick with an illness Nahtahlah is unable to cure, only Kamanya keeps his faith in the importance of the shaman's wisdom. Illustrated with watercolor paintings.
| Size | | Height: | 11.5 in | | Width: | 9.3 in | | Thickness: | 0.2 in | | Weight: | 16.8 oz |
Publisher's Notes
First Line: "In the Tirio Indian village of Kwamala, deep in the Amazon rain forest, Kamanya lay in his hammock, burning with fever. His mother sat nearby fanning him."
Industry Reviews
Gr 1-4 In the Amazon rain forest, Kamanya describes how the shaman cures his fever with a mixture of leaves, roots, and bark. As he grows older, Kamanya follows Nahtahlah while he gathers plants for medicines. When the shaman's medicine cannot cure malaria and that of white missionaries can, the Tirio people turn away from traditional cures as well as from their familiar gods. The missionaries bring major changes to the lives of the Tirio, and extend a welcome to traders who carry away the forest's wildlife. Some years after the missionaries leave, an ethnobotanist arrives to learn about forest medicines from Nahtahlah. Her work, culminating in a book describing the plants and their uses, restores the people's respect for the wise man. Although some books about rain forests mention the current and potential importance of medicinal plants, this work enlivens and personalizes the topic. Based on a true story from Plotkin's Tales of a Shaman's Apprentice (Penguin, 1994), this picture book effectively introduces readers to another issue related to rain-forest loss. Cherry's watercolors are filled with flora and fauna and reveal her appreciation for this environment and its people. Kathy Piehl, Mankato State University, MN
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