As J?honaa'??, the sun, slowly rises, its gentle light and warmth wake the inhabitants of the desert, including a burrow of rabbits, a sleepy coyote, and, perhaps, a family living in a hogan. Presented in Navajo and English.
Being an American Indian is not something twelve-year-old Brandon wants to advertise. Then his Navajo grandfather moves into the lower bunk of his room.
Younger Brother, a Navaho Indian boy, undergoes eight years of training in the ancient religion of his people and the practical knowledge of material existence.
Explaining a solar eclipse, a Navajo tells his grandson that when the sun dies the children of Mother Earth are called from the four directions to repaint the universe in all the colors of the rainbow.