In many Native cultures, seasonal changes in the natural world are noted by naming a month with a descriptive phrase. The Micmac, for example, call the ninth month "the moose-calling moon" while the Cherokee call the tenth "the moon of falling leaves." Each of the thirteen months included in this book is illustrated with an oil painting accompanied by a three-verse poem about the distinctive features which led to its name. Potawatomi, Anishinabe (Ojibway), Menominee and Winnebago are four of the thirteen tribes represented. (Ages 4-9)