My First Book of O'Odham Nunumilo / Numbers - by Husi Cázares Board Book

About the Book

This bilingual book introduces common words and numbers and allows the reader to match O'odham words to objects, and numbers. Each page features a number word with a corresponding pictures and both O'odham / English sentences.

Book Synopsis

This colorful board book presents numbers in both the English and O'odham language. The numbers and words are presented in both languages with clear, vibrant images that would be familiar to early language learners. Each number also has a simple sentence to introduce English and O'odham language structure. Each number has a corresponding set of images to support the number. Many of the various images are familiar to O'odham culture to promote usage of the words at home, in the community, or in school. The board book also has a glossary at the end for quick reference. There is a QR code link that directs visitors to a webpage with the pronunciations of the words, numbers and sentences found in the board book.

About the Author

Husi Cázares grew up in Arizona in small villages on the Tohono O'odham Reservation. He holds a M.A. in Native American Studies from the University of Arizona. He has taught his tribes culture, language and History. Currently, Husi works as a tri-lingual speech language pathologist in southern Arizona and remains active in language preservation within his tribe.

Kerrie Ann Cazares works at a nonprofit literacy organization providing books to classrooms and libraries in Title One schools in Pima County, Arizona. She writes and illustrates books, language coloring books, and language materials for learning the O'odham language with her husband. She got her bachelor's degree at Saint Xavier University in Chicago, Illinois.