Brown, Daniel.
The Da Vinci Code
. New York: Doubleday, 2003. -- A murder mystery steeped in iconography from ancient times through the Italian Renaissance.
Campbell, Joseph and Moyers, Bill. “III, The First Storytellers,”
The Power of Myth
. New York: Random House, 1991. (pp. 86112) -- Campbell talks about the prehistoric painted caves of Lascaux and retells the Blackfeet legend of the origins of the buffalo dance, a prehunt ritual.
Connell, Richard. “The Most Dangerous Game.”
Scope English Program, Reading Anthology, Level Two
. U.S.A.: Scholastic Inc., 1979 (pp. 149-160) -- A short story about a macabre hunting expedition.
Cronin, Doreen.
Click, Clack, Moo, Cows That Type
. New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2000. -- Illustrated by Betsy Lewin, Cronin’s story is about typing cows that go on strike.
Dances With Wolves
. Orion Home Video, 1991. -- Directed by and starring Kevin Costner, the film tells the story of a beleaguered army officer who travels west after the Civil War has ended. He befriends a group of Sioux who accept him as their own and he eventually betrays his earlier allegiance to his country in order to help the Sioux survive.
Knight, Damon. “To Serve Man.”
Scope English Program, Reading Anthology, Level Two
. U.S.A.: Scholastic Inc., 1979 (pp. 241-246) -- A short science fiction story that drops humanity down a link or two on the food chain.
Larson, Gary.
The Far Side Gallery 3
. Kansas City, Missouri, 1988. -- A wonderfully humorous compilation of Gary Larson cartoons.
Leaf, Munro.
The Story of Ferdinand
. New York: Puffin Books, 1977. -- A children’s story of a Spanish bull who would rather sit under a cork tree smelling flowers rather than fight in the bull fights in Madrid.
Neruda, Pablo.
Full Woman, Fleshly Apple, Hot Moon
. New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 1997. Stephen Mitchell’s translation of over 45 of Pablo Neruda’s odes.
Ragan, Vicki.
The Edible Alphabet Book
. New York: Bulfinch Press, 1995. -- A picture book of Vicki Ragan’s “vegetarian group portraits” and limericks. Each letter of the alphabet is represented by a fruit or vegetable tableaux, which has been personified with doll parts and reallife props, i.e., “Dates on a Diet” features a date with doll arms and legs standing on a scale. Accompanying each portrait is a humorous limerick.
Rigaud, JeanPhilippe. “Art Treasures from the Ice Age Lascaux Cave
.” National Geographic
, Vol. 174, No. 4. -- The article was included in a special 1988 edition of
National Geographic
titled “The Peopling of the Earth.” It gives information about the discovery and preservation of the Lascaux cave. It also tells about the prehistoric Magdalenian painters and the magnificent work that they left behind.
“The Painted Gallery at Lascaux,” http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/arcnat/lascaux/en/espace.htm -- A virtual tour of the famous prehistoric cave paintings of the Lascaux caves.
“The Wounded Knee Massacre, Ghost Dance Religion” http://www.bgsu.edu/departments/acs/1890s/woundedknee/Wkghost.html -- The history of the Wounded Knee Massacre and its relation to the hybrid Christian-Indian religion of the Ghost Dance.
Thomas, David Hurst et al.
The Native Americans, an Illustrated History
. Atlanta: Turner Publishing, Inc., 1993 -- A history of Native Americans, beautifully illustrated with Native American artwork; including photography, maps, and Native American poetry.
