Ofi' Tohbi' Ishto' and The Chickasaw Clan Animals, by WT Skye and Sarah Garcia (Chickasaw Press, 2024, $7.99, 24pp) Review by Skye Anderson.
Basically a book of elementary piano music which also portrays the Chickasaw people and their clans of animals, Ofi' Tohbi' Ishto' both educates and also entertains. The tune about a skunk delightedly gives us music for the teacher as well, so both student and teacher can play a fun duet.
This book contains six little songs, mostly in a minor key - one about each animal starting with the big white dog, then raccoon, woodpecker, deer, skunk, and alligator. Each animal has its clan or family of Chickasaws.
We can see so many ways this book can be used in a classroom or family. Children will have their favorite animal, perhaps due to the tune they like best. And there are paragraphs about the white dog and the other clan animals, as well as three Native American musical instruments and, finally, two pages of vocabulary and musical symbols - a lot of information and fun packed into six songs and a few pages.
And if you look closely, you will see the big white dog's body is wrapped around to the back cover! Give your child a star if they notice that!
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