This book gives a short description about the Warli people and different life events that would transpire for them every year. Some of these life events would be the seasons or planting seeds, hunting, new life and the village at night. On each page is a short description of the event along with an some wall art which was known to be done by the woman of the tribe and was a sacred ritual for the Warli people. The book ends with a description of the Warli People in the very back along with key terms and concepts, the rise of civilization and more examples of Warli artwork.
This book is great to bring into the classroom to help children to gain new knowledge about different cultures and what life would have been like over 1,000 years ago. The illustrations are simple and show a lot of technique of the sacred ritual of drawing pictures that was part of the Warli people's culture. For me personally, the illustrations didn't draw me into the book as well as they could have. I do respect the illustrations and what they represent for the Warli people, they are just more difficult to understand what is going on with for me personally. The text is written in terms of seasons and major life events that happened for the Warli people in 10th Century BC. Once again, this is a great book to help students understand what life would be like 1,000 years ago.
Reviewed by: Karlie E.
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