Dumbee

Born in Orchard, Iowa, Loyd Tireman (1896-1959) was a pioneer in bilingual and community education. In 1927 Tireman began his thirty-two-year career at the University of New Mexico, USA, as a professor of elementary education. In 1947 Tireman established a curriculum materials center, which grew into a library located at the University of New Mexico College of Education. Ralph Douglass (1895-1971) was a professor in the Department of Art at the University of New Mexico. Evelyn Yrisarri was a member of the National Storyteller's League of Washington, DC, USA, and specialized in storytelling for young children.

a oe[Douglassa (TM)s] timeless illustrations for the Mesaland Series mix a pulpy comic-book flair he developed as a cartoonist with an attention to line detail and facial and body expressions that he must have developed as an oil painter.a ?a Pasatiempo a oeAll of the characters exude their own charm, their own cuteness, even their own cunning. . . . Those qualities will entice young readers to follow the characters in their encounters with wildlife and humans.a ?a Albuquerque Journal a oeLike all classic childrena (TM)s literature, the Mesaland Series retains its timeless appeal.a ?a New Mexico Magazine Dumbee's musing on the page are bees that hover in place of the letter b in words like bewitching and behaving. How clever is that? Maybe Dumbee isn't so dumb after all. --enchantment magazine