Pocahontas was a Native American woman notable for her association with the colonial settlement at Jamestown, Virginia. Therefore, I thought that this book would be apropos for today. November, at least in my part of the world is Native American Heritage Month, which I plan to read one children's book, preferably a biography, which pertains to the subject everyday this month. It is a semi-biographical picture book of Pocahontas and her detrimental encounter with the Europeans. Pocahontas: Princess of the New World is a children's picture book written by Kathleen Krull and illustrated by David Díaz. _Pocahontas: Bridging Two Worlds._ Marshall Cavendish, 2009.
Other books on the subject include: Brimmner, Larry Dane. _Love and Hate in Jamestown: John Smith, Pocahontas, and the Heart of a New Nation._ Knopf, 2003. _We Were There Too!: Young People in U.S. Source notes include both books and a website for young readers as well as adult sources, print and online.
The shapes were then scanned, arranged, and colored using Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop." However, to me the colorful pictures look more South American than Native American. The illustrations were created by "cutting shapes with an X-acto knife onto Rubylith.
A Powhatan Renape Nation website, gives their version of the story.ĭavid Diaz, illustrator of the Caldecott Award-winning _Smoky Night_, is known for his innovative illustrations, and the pictures in this book are not exceptions. A "Storyteller's Note" discusses the paucity of known facts about Pocahontas and what happened to her after the alleged incident with John Smith.
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