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We are water protectors / written by Carole Lindstrom ; illustrated by Michaela Goade.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Roaring Brook Press, 2020Copyright date: ©2020Edition: First editionDescription: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781250203557
  • 1250203554
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Summary: Water is the first medicine. It affects and connects us all... When a black snake threatens to destroy the Earth and poison her people's water, one young water protector takes a stand to defend Earth's most sacred resource. Inspired by the many indigenous-led movements across North America, this bold and lyrical picture book issues an urgent rallying cry to safeguard the Earth's water from harm and corruption.
List(s) this item appears in: FPL Indigenous Peoples' Day for All Ages | Outdoor Books for Kids | Native Ways of Knowing Indigenous Books Fiction notes: Click to open in new window
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Materials specified Vol info Status Notes Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Dr. James Carlson Library Children's Picturebook Natural World LINDSTRO CAROLE Checked out 2021 Caldecott Award Winner 06/10/2024 33111009799236
Children's Book Children's Book Dr. James Carlson Library Children's Picturebook Natural World Lindstro Carole Checked out 2021 Caldecott Award Winner; Little ripped spot in middle of book 8/7/23 06/05/2024 33111009822830
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's Picturebook Natural World LINDSTRO CAROLE Checked out 2021 Caldecott Award Winner 06/05/2024 33111010495550
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Parent/Teacher Resource Collection-Children's LINDSTRO CAROLE 2021 Available 2021 Caldecott Award Winner 33111010494504
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Water is the first medicine.It affects and connects us all.Water is sacred. My people talk of a black snake that will destroy the land, Spoil the water, wreck everything in its path.They foretold that it wouldn't come for many, many years.Now the black snake is here.Told from the perspective of a Native American child, this bold and lyrical picture book written by Ojibwe/Métis author Carole Lindstrom and illustrated by Tlingit artist Michaela Goade is a powerful call to action to defend Earth's natural resources--inspired by the Dakota Access Pipeline protests and similar movements led by Indigenous tribes all across North America.

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Water is the first medicine. It affects and connects us all... When a black snake threatens to destroy the Earth and poison her people's water, one young water protector takes a stand to defend Earth's most sacred resource. Inspired by the many indigenous-led movements across North America, this bold and lyrical picture book issues an urgent rallying cry to safeguard the Earth's water from harm and corruption.

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