Best Selling Books by Ann Morris

During the late 1920s and early 1930s, archaeologists Earl and Ann Axtell Morris discovered an abundance of sandals from the Basketmaker II and III through Pueblo III periods while excavating rockshelters in northeastern Arizona. These densely twined sandals made of yucca yarn were intricately crafted and elaborately decorated, and Earl Morris spent the next 25 years overseeing their analysis, description, and illustration. This is the first full published report on this unusual find, which remains one of the largest collections of sandals in Southwestern archaeology. This monograph offers an integrated archaeological and technical study of the footwear, providing for the first time a full-scale analysis of the complicated weave structures they represent. Following an account by anthropologist Elizabeth Ann Morris of her parents'' research, textile authority Ann Cordy Deegan gives an overview of prehistoric Puebloan sandal types and of twined sandal construction techniques, revealing the subtleties distinguishing Basketmaker sandals of different time periods. Anthropologist Kelley Ann Hays-Gilpin then discusses the decoration of twined sandals and speculates on the purpose of such embellishment.

The world is full of houses. Big houses and little houses. Houses that stay in one place and houses that move from place to place. Some houses are made of wood or stone; others are made from mud or straw. But all of them are made for families to live in.

Introduces Michael Miller, an elementary school gym teacher, describing what he does during the school day and how he interacts with other staff and students.

Photographs and brief text depict what school is like for a six-year old.

A Chinese-American grandmother relates family and cultural history from her life in Guangzhou, China to her grandchildren.

Eight-year-old Angelica lives in an apartment in San Francisco with her parents, Anna and Tony. Her Grandma Francisca lives next door. Angelica enjoys spending time with her grandmother after school and on weekends. From Francisca, Angelica learns much about the family and its traditions and values. Grandma Francisca is an active woman who has many different jobs. She grew up in New Mexico with eight brothers and sisters. Her parents were born in the United States, but her grandparents came from Spain. Often when Angelica visits her grandmother, Francisca tells her about her childhood. She plays games with Angelica and teachers her Spanish phrases. Sometimes she and Angelica cook favorite recipes together.

Three Arab-American girls learn about their family and cultural history from their grandmother, who grew up in Cairo, Egypt, and moved to New Jersey after her marriage. Includes directions for making Egyptian paper boats.

An introduction to the geography, history, government, lifestyles, culture, and current issues of the Dominican Republic.

Introduces Lisa Shlansky, an elementary school teacher, describing what she does during the school day and how she interacts with other staff and students.

Introduces Maria Rodriguez, an elementary school librarian, describing what she does during the school day and how she interacts with other staff and students.

Provides instructions and materials for making a variety of books, from some that are very simple to more complex pop-up and origami books.

This photo essay shows families from all over the world. Simple text reinforces names for family members.

"Ten miles west of St. Louis, in the town of Webster Groves ... there is an old black community. It is called North Webster because it covers the hill which rolls to the northern boundary of Webster Groves"--P. 2

Oorspr. verschenen als proefschrift, 1978 Stephens, Ann Sophie (1813-1886): Whitcher, Francis M. (1814-1852): Holley, Marietta, (1856-1926).