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What do the images on Delaware’s state seal stand for? How is Delaware’s state government organized? Who are some famous people from Delaware? You can find the answers to these questions in Uniquely Delaware. This book contains all kinds of fun and fascina

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Introduces the geography, history, economy, environmental issues, and people of Delaware. ... Read more

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What Did Delaware? Try This on for Size -- a review by garrie keyman
What did Delaware? Try This on for Size.
a review by garrie keyman
of Sonia Bleeker's The Delaware Indians: Eastern Fishermen and Farmers


I recently encountered Sonia Bleeker's absorbing children's book, The Delaware Indians (1953 William Morrow & Co.) during a library excursion with my ten-year-old daughter. Part of a larger body of children's books about various Native American Tribes, Bleeker's work puts an affable face on history and brings it to life by taking the reader on an intimate day-to-day visit with one family.

Accompanied by illustrator Patricia Boodell's warmly endearing if simple artwork, The Delaware Indians is exactly the kind of book I would have found enticing when I was ten, one book from precisely the kind of series I would have avidly sought to collect.

Meet the residents of Oyster Village, a village of the Lenape (the oldest of the Algonquin) tribe living on the eastern seaboard of what eventually would become the United States; the year, approximately 1583. Specifically, meet one young boy (Elkhair) and his family, including his grandfather, the village sachem, his mother, his father, his infant brother and his older sister, Gathers-nuts-girl.

As the family goes about their daily tasks, the young reader goes along, worshiping and give thanks to the spirit world, participating in ceremonies and traditions important to their way of life, and getting a close-up view of the homes, clothing, meals and social customs of their Native American hosts. Bleeker wraps up her 152 page book with a chapter (a century hence) on the historic meeting and consequent treaty between the Native American leader, Tamanend (for whom Tammany Hall in NYC would later be named), and William Penn.

Along the way readers are treated to interesting details, such as the origins of the name Delaware (after the Englishman, Lord De La Warr) and New Jersey's Cape May (after the Dutchman, Jacobsen May).

As a former homeschool mom, I can say I would love to have discovered this series when my sons were younger. Bleeker's work appeals to me as particularly great for lower- to middle-elementary aged students, especially as shared reading between parent and child. Unfortunately, these books are likely out of print and may be difficult to find, though tracking them down might be fun and definitely would be worthwhile.

Now excuse me, I have a reading date with another of Bleeker's books.
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Great book for basic info and stats on Connecticut. Slightly outdated; 3rd edition will have more recent stats. ... Read more

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Provides an introduction to the history, government, economy, resources, and people of the Delaware Colony. Includes maps, charts, and a timeline. ... Read more

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The popular Rookie Books expand their horizons - to all corners of the globe! With this series all about geography, emergent readers will take off on adventures to cities, nations, waterways, and habitats around the world…and right in their own backyards. ... Read more

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Great for state
study for a first grader. Our kid loves the rookie reader series. We purchased for our trip this summer. So she could read about the state we were traveling through and then journal information. ... Read more

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THIS EDITION IS INTENDED FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. When the Revolutionary War breaks out, Coshmoo, a Delaware Native American boy, and his white friend, Daniel, search sacred land for the bones of a legendary beast in order to keep bloodshed ... Read more

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Moon of Two Dark Horses
An Indian named Coshmoo lives in small village on Tioga Point. His white friend Daniel once talked to a trader named Big Nose who sided with General Washington in the Revolutionary War.Big Nose told Daniel a story of a great water creature and gave him a tooth from it so when Daniel finds it, it will show him the way to stop the Revolutionary Way.When Coshmoo is told this from Daniel they go out in search of it on sacred land. The two boys get caught and aren't supposed to speak with each other ever again. Coshmoo learns that his older cousin Flying Wolf might attach Daniel's village.Flying Wolf sides with the Brittish when they come to Tioga Point. Can Daniel and Coshmoo stop their two societies from killing each other?

I think the message of the story was to never give up on your friends.When you think about it, if everybody was there for their friends then no one would ever be left alone. Friends are one of the biggest needs people have.So this is a very good message to spread to young people.

The author made a good point on how the family was really important to Indians. Coshmoo always dreamed to be like his father, hunt with a gun like his father and to free the fighting warriors. It was a great idea to have an Indian and a white settler work together to stop their societies from killing one another.

In conclusion, I really think this book gets two thumbs up because of the link between the Indian and the white settler. Even when they were told to not see each other both did not give up on their friend.Again, Moon of Two Dark Horses is a fabulous book and I strongly recommend it.

Jonathan Geneste

Moon of Two Dark Horses
As a college student, I found the book to be very well written and quite entertaining.The book was able to convey the message of strong friendship-through thick and thin.Although they had grown apart, Coshmoo and Daniel were able to remain friends until the end.The book was also able to inform the reader on a important time in the nation's history, the American Revolution.The book gave the reader two different perspectives on the Revolutionary War and supported each side with facts and opinions.This book would be a great tool to use when explaining or discussing the American Revolution to a classroom.It gives the students a creative view on historical information, and may also help the student to better understand concepts related to the Revolutionary War.

Moon of Two Dark Horses- Is it worth reading?
This book, 'Moon of Two Dark Horses', by Sally M. Keehn, was a good book but with a few bad parts. This book was about two boys, Daniel and Coshmoo, who have been good friends since they were young. Daniel is American and Coshmoo is part of an Indian tribe. During the British-American war, Daniel and Coshmoo's villages begin to fight and hate each other on the influence of the British-American war. Will Coshmoo and Daniel still be best friends?
I would recommend this because it is exciting and will make the customer want to read more. This book isn't very slow, it will quickly continue on with the plot without getting 'intercepted' by over describing a small detail. Also, this book has plenty of action and rarely has just speaking or people sitting around. There is always a scene like the race, the search for two skeletons, or when the British invade and so much confusion and horror is happening in the two villages. Another recommendation for reading this book is the way it's written makes everything be clearly explained. It will not jump from plot to plot so quickly that the reader will not understand what's happening.
Some people might not like this book because it can be very predictable in most parts. For instance in the race, anyone could predict what's going to happen and who will win. In the end, there is not much surprise to what happens; it simply ends like any other movie or book without a special snap. Unfortunately, that can greatly affect the surprise in certain parts. But, concluding with all the pros and the cons, this is be an excellent book to read and is well recommended.

Crossing Boundaries
Crossing Boundaries

The book Moon of Two Dark Horses is about a Delaware Indian boy named Coshmoo, who is living during the Revolutionary war.He is a friend to a white boy named Daniel.His tribe is being torn between the two sides of the war.They do not know whose side to join.While the British have more supplies and can provide Coshmoo with ammunition for his beloved gun, he does not want to go to war.
This war also has an affect on his personal life.He has been friends with Daniel and does not want to loose his friendship with him.
In my opinion, this was a good book and I would probably rate it four stars. Personally, I like to read historical books so I liked this book.I also like to read books about Indians.In conclusion, I enjoyed reading this book.

A little disappointing.
I absolutly loved Sally Keehn's first book, "I am Regina" which is a brutally honest story of a white girl taken captive by Delaware Indians during the French and Indian War.I read "The Moon of Two Dark Horses" simply because I enjoyed "I am Regina" somuch.

"The Moon of Two Dark Horses" is a story of a DelawareIndian boy, Coshmoo, who witnesses the effects the Revolutionary War has onhis peaceful and neutral village.Will his village side with the Britishand their Seneca allies or will the Delawares stay at peace with theirAmerican neighbors?War also threatens Coshmoo's personal life.Analliance with the British will ensure lead and powder for his belovedmusket, but would endanger his lifelong friendship with an American boy,Daniel.It's a great premise, but Keehn is unable to really pull it off. The narrative is choppy with storylines and characters underdeveloped.Adecent book, but not nearly as good as "I am Regina." ... Read more