This book portrays the quiet pride of a Navajo code talker as he explains to his grandson how the Navajo language, faith and ingenuity helped win World War II.

 

There are 32 pages in this book. This is a short story book. This book was published 2007 by Northland Publishing .

Julia Miner is an architect, designer, and artist who has illustrated three books for children: Lighthouse Santa, The Unbreakable Code, and The Shepherd's Song. SARA HOAGLAND HUNTER is the author of ten books for children including her most recent, Every Turtle Counts, winner of a Ben Franklin Gold Award, a Moonbeam Children's Award, and a National Science Teachers Outstanding Science Trade Book Award. Her best-known work is multiple award-winner The Unbreakable Code, the inspiring story of the Navajo code talkers of World War II illustrated by Julia Miner. Ms. Hunter has written for Warner Bros. , Nickelodeon, and Jim Henson Productions. Her songs for the animated television seriesThe Baby Looney Tunes air around the world. JULIA MINER, an architect and artist from Concord, MA, believes what a friend once said: "What you do for children counts twice. " She has illustrated four picture books including The Unbreakable Code by Sara Hunter, which won several honors including the Smithsonian Book Award, the Western Writers of America Spur Award, and The Arizona Governor's Literacy Award. Sales from her landscape paintings benefit the Food Project, employing inner city and suburban youth to farm together, and Water. org, providing safe water to children around the globe. Julia enjoys sharing with students of all ages the process of making a book, a painting, or a place we inhabit. Visit her at www. juliaminer. com.