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Chica is a hound dog who lives in the foothills of Santa Fe, New Mexico with her human parents. She can see and hear all kinds of animals and can smell where animals have been. She and her family have seen some of the animals and have seen tracks of many others. Chica's family set up a trail camera to photograph these visitors and Chica narrates the story of what the camera sees. Chica's Tales includes images of animals in their natural habitat that are rarely seen or talked about. It also describes how some of the animals relate to each other and some of their behaviors. Finally, there are selected stories from the Native Americans who lived in the area for over a thousand years and what these stories can teach us. Includes a Readers Guide.
About the author
James Baker has had ongoing interest and experience in using photos, video, and other media to tell stories, especially when there is not a common language. He was the founding President and later CEO and Chairman of a research laboratory in Palo Alto which served Xerox in Japan and Asia. For 13 years he traveled extensively in Japan where he used media to describe and discuss technology and research results because he did not speak Japanese. He was the lead author of New Mexico's Pueblo Baseball League, a photo story book of the history of Native American baseball in New Mexico. He was involved in industrial research in systems and software technology for over 30 years and is the author of more than 20 technical publications.
