Hiawatha

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Hiawatha

Exquisite, detailed illustrations grace this picture book which presents the part of Longfellow’s stirring poem dealing with Hiawatha’s boyhood and his relationship to his grandmother, who teaches him about the ways of animals and the forces of nature. The illustrator’s careful research on flora and fauna and woodland Indian culture is certainly evident. A note at the beginning of the text explains the poem’s background. This is undoubtedly a picture book for all ages.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was the most popular and admired American poet of the nineteenth century. Born in Portland, Maine in 1807, Longfellow’s ambition was always to become a writer. Versatile as well as prolific, Longfellow eventually won fame with long narrative historical and mythic poems, alongside short stories, novels, verse dramas, and more. Taken as a whole, Longfellow’s writings show a breadth of literary learning, an understanding of western languages and cultures, unmatched by any American writer of his time.

Hiawatha is also featured in the Memoria Press Fourth Grade Supplemental Reading for American Studies Set. This group of biographies and novels is a perfect way for young students to immerse themselves in the lives and and culture of those who have made history in our America. Learn more about the ways that Memoria Press teaches American History within our curriculum right here. Memoria Press features classic history books that taught a whole generation of Americans to love their nation’s history.

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