A young boy who is made fun of by a classmate is unsure how to deal with his feelings. Each of his family members offers different advice about how to protect himself. 
After walking in the desert with his grandmother and listening to her parables, he learns how to keep his heart open and not be afraid of his feelings. 
This beautifully illustrated story brings a fresh perspective to a common dilemma by pointing out the value of learning from Nature and the wisdom of elders.

Amadito and Spider Woman

Children's Books

Goldman, Lisa Bear

Jr., Amado M. Pena

Growing Up & Facts of Life

Kiva Publishing

Celebrating the mysteries of family and landscape, Two Voices is a unique collaboration between a brother and sister who see their lives growing up in the Southwest through the prisms of painting and poetry. Irene Pena's verse is complemented by the unique style of Amado M. Pena, Jr., including paintings from his personal collection stretching across four decades of his career. This unusual combination of artistic talents provides a richness and texture that expresses deep appreciation for the beauty that has touched two lives.

Two Voices: A Collection of Art and Poetry

Pena, Irene E.

For more than thirty years, Amado M. Peña, Jr. has enchanted art lovers and given of his time and energy to children, education and the arts. In tribute to his remarkable career, his friends from the arts, the media and public life contribute their own special version of his creative vision. Proceeds from the sale of this book will benefit the programs of the Amado and J.B. Peña Art Has Heart Foundation. 
Contributors include Paul Bond, Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell, J.D. Challenger, Holly Dunn, Helen Marie Hall, Michael Horse, Calvin Hill, Hal Ketchum, Lou Diamond Phillips, Kevin Red Star, the Righteous Brothers, Red Ryder, Archbishop Michael Sheehan, Wes Studi, and Jennifer Tilly.

Amado and Friends: A Tribute to the Art of Amado M. Pena, Jr.

Arts & Photography

DeVault, Mike

Individual Artists

With an estimated 6,000 to 8,000 sites spread throughout its canyons, mountains and deserts, the Grand Canyon state of Arizona constitutes one of the premier rock art theaters in the world. Consisting primarily of engraved images (petroglyphs) on sandstone and basalt, but also offering paintings (pictographs) under overhangs, and ground figures (geoglyphs) on the desert pavements, Arizona's rock art truly commands awe and respect. This book, in a comprehensive survey, presents the full gamut of the state's impressive open-air art from its earliest beginnings until more recent manifestations in the historic era. Though The Rock Art of Arizona contains more than 380 color photographs, over 130 drawings, and numerous charts and maps, it goes beyond the usual bounds of a lavishly illustrated coffee-table book. In addition to describing the various Archaic and post Archaic rock art styles and traditions in the state's fifteen counties, author Ekkehart Malotki focuses on providing insights into what may have compelled Arizona's ancestral artists to produce the imagery and what functions it may have had in their daily lives. At the same time, he acknowledges the severe limitations of scientifically dating the paleoart, the subjective biases involved in stylistic classification, and the ultimate mystery of its meaning. Within the confines of this explanatory framework, drawing primarily on novel ideas derived from the field of evolutionary psychology and the concept of human universals, he argues that rock art, in a broadly defined context of art and ritual, had beneficial adaptive value in the human struggle for survival and thus can truly be perceived as art for life's sake.

The Rock Art of Arizona: Art for Life's Sake

Ekkehart Malotki

History & Criticism

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