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While walking through a forest of sequoias, a father tells his family the story of the tree's namesake. Sequoyah was a Cherokee man who invented a system of writing for his people. His neighbors feared the symbols he wrote and burned down his home. All of his work was lost, but, still determined, he tried another approach. The Cherokee people finally accepted the written language after Sequoyah taught his six-year-old daughter to read
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Alphabet, Writing, Cherokee Indians, Biography, Cherokee language, Juvenile literature, Indians of north america, juvenile literature, Indians of north america, cherokee indians, Sequoyah, 1770?-1843, award:Sibert_award, lexile:620, lexile_range:601-700, lexile_code:AD, age:min:4, age:max:7, grade:min:Preschool, grade:max:3People
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Sequoyah: the Cherokee man who gave his people writing
2004, Houghton Mifflin Co.
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Sequoyah: The Cherokee Man Who Gave His People Writing (Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Honor (Awards))
November 1, 2004, Houghton Mifflin
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2004, Houghton Mifflin Co.
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Now, who was this Sequoyah? my father asks.
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