Pub Date: August 10, 2021
Dewey: E
LCCN: 2021935470
Lexile Code: 0000
Features: Glossary, Illustrated, Price on Product
Target Age Group: 07 to 10
Physical Info: 0.55" H x 10.08" L x 9.21" W ( 1.00 lbs) 32 pages
BISAC Categories:
Juvenile Fiction | Native American | Social Themes | New Experience | Science and Nature | Environment | Family | Multigenerational | SelfEsteem and SelfReliance | Parents | Indigenous | Teachings
Description:
Selected for the Notable Social Studies 2022 List
Named to ALA Notable Children's Books 2022
In this Own Voices Native American picture book story, a modern Wabanaki girl is excited to accompany her grandmother for the first time to harvest sweetgrass for basket making.
Brief description: Gabriel Frey (Orono, ME) is Passamaquoddy and a citizen of Passamaquoddy at Sipayik. He is an awarded-winning basket maker, artist, and cultural knowledge keeper. His mother and Suzanne and Gabriel's two daughters, Musqon and Alamossit, helped inspire The First Blade of Sweetgrass.
Review Quotes: While hunting for summer's sweetgrass, a young Wabanaki girl learns patience from her grandmother... Greenlaw (Houlton Band of Maliseet) and Frey (Passamaquoddy), a basket maker himself, pen a tender ode to a treasured tradition. Muted illustrations rendered in pastels on brown paper evoke the coastal Maine landscape and fit nicely with the tranquil pace of this lyrical tale. Quiet text shows how careful observation and the respect of nature can provide unexpected gifts.-- "Kirkus" (6/2/2021 12:00:00 AM)