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Dance Fiction Dance Juvenile fiction English language Alphabet Indians of North America Indians of North America Fiction Indians of North America Juvenile fiction JUVENILE FICTION People & Places United States Native American Powwows Fiction Powwows Juvenile fiction Stories in rhymeSorell, Traci
Summary: Too often, Native American history is treated as a finished chapter instead of relevant and ongoing. This companion book to the award-winning We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga offers readers everything they never learned in school about Native American people's past, present, and future. Precise, lyrical writing presents topics including: forced assimilation (such as boarding schools), land...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.04 SORCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Native SorellCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J973.04 SORSorell, Traci
Summary: Because she has been very ill and weak, River cannot join in the dancing at this year's tribal powwow, she can only watch from the sidelines as her sisters and cousins dance the celebration--but as the drum beats she finds the faith to believe that she will recover and dance again.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SORMartinez-Neal, Juana
Summary: Enjoying days spent with animal friends near her home in the Amazon, young Zonia wonders what to do on a day when the rainforest calls out to her for help, in a lushly illustrated story that is complemented by back matter about the Asháninka community.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MARLitwin, Eric
Summary: Pete the cat loves the buttons on his shirt so much that he makes up a song about them, and even as the buttons pop off, one by one, he still finds a reason to sing.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Litwin 2012Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE LITCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LITCraft, Aimée
Summary: "The first treaty that was made was between the earth and the sky. It was an agreement to work together. We build all of our treaties on that original treaty. On the banks of the river that have been Mishomis's home his whole life, he teaches his granddaughter to listen--to hear both the sounds and the silences, and so to learn her place in Creation. Most importantly, he teaches her about...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 342.7108 CRACopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J342.71082 CRAFlorence, Melanie
Summary: "This picture book explores the intergenerational impact of Canada's residential school system that separated Indigenous children from their families. The story recognizes the pain of those whose culture and language were taken from them, how that pain is passed down and shared through generations, and how healing can also be shared. Stolen Words captures the beautiful, healing relationship...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Second Story Press 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FLOGreenlaw, Suzanne
Summary: "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"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tilbury House Publishers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GRECepeda, Joe
Summary: "Rafa and his dad love to measure anything and everything-including how much Rafa's dad loves him"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE CEPElys, Dori
Summary: "With vibrant illustrations and flaps die-cut to look like papel picado, the intricately designed sheets of tissue paper, this joyful board book teaches young ones how to honor loved ones around us and those who have passed on."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: BOARD ELYBunten, Alexis
Summary: "Pia rushes over to the Indigenous community center after school. It's where she goes every day to play outside with friends and work on her homework. But today--March 18, 2021--is special: Auntie Autumn gathers all the children around their television to witness Secretary Deb Haaland in her ribbon skirt at the White House as she becomes the first Native American to serve as a cabinet...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Christy Ottaviano Books, an imprint of Little, Brown and Company 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 305.897 BUNCooper, Nancy
Summary: "Today, Amik is expecting her beaver cousins for a special visit, and she can't wait to show them her home. But as the visitors arrive, Amik suddenly realizes that her little sister, Nishiime, has disappeared. Where could she have gone? As Amik shows her cousins some of her favorite haunts, the reader also learns how beavers help all the other animals in the forest: they cut down poplar trees...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Owlkids Books 2023
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1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: JE COOThomas, Rebecca
Summary: "What does it mean to be Mi'kmaq? And if Swift Fox can't find the answer, will she ever feel like part of her family? When Swift Fox's father picks her up to go visit her aunties, uncles, and cousins, her belly is already full of butterflies. And when he tells her that today is the day that she'll learn how to be Mi'kmaq, the butterflies grow even bigger. Though her father reassures her that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Annick Press 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE THOStevenson, Robin
Summary: "A rhyming alphabet book featuring a family who have lost their dog at a Pride parade."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orca Book Publishers 2021
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1 available in JE Concept Crates, Call number: JE STEDufayet, Danielle
Summary: "Waiting is not easy! And waiting can take a long time. Like waiting on the drip, drip, drip of rain to stop or the ding of the timer for cookies to be done baking. But there's one thing that can make waiting go a little bit faster-a friend!"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Albert Whitman & Company 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE DUYVandever, Daniel W.
Summary: "Fall in Line, Holden! follows Holden, a young Navajo boy, through his day at boarding school. Although Holden is required to conform to a rigid schedule and strict standards of behavior, his internal life is led with imagination and wonder. Whether he is in art class, the computer lab, or walking the hall to lunch, Holden's vivid imagination transforms his commonplace surroundings into a world...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Salina Bookshelf, Inc. 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE VANCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: JE VANChild, Brenda J.
Summary: "When Uncle and Windy Girl attend a powwow, Windy watches the dancers and listens to the singers. She eats tasty food and joins family and friends around the campfire. Later, Windy falls asleep under the stars. Uncle's stories inspire visions in her head: a bowwow powwow, where all the dancers are dogs. In these magical scenes, Windy sees veterans in a Grand Entry, and a visiting drum group,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE CHIBuchholtz, Julie
Summary: A young indigenous girl explores the ways she is connected to the Earth and to those who came before her.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J Wld Cult BucholtzCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE BUCHavrelock, Deidre
Summary: A young Indigenous girl's family helps calm her nervous butterflies before her first Jingle Dress Dance and reminds her why she dances.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HAVRogers, Kim
Summary: "Ever since the day Mom and Dad brought Bob home from the car dealership, Bob has been a part of Katie's family. Bob has taken them all over, from powwows to vacations to time spent with faraway family. Bob has been there in sad and scary times and for some of the family's most treasured memories. But after many miles, it's time for the family to say goodbye to Bob ..."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Heartdrum, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE ROGCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ROGSockabasin, Allen J.
Summary: "Little Zoo Sap and his family are moving from their summer home on the coast to the deep woods for the winter, traveling on a big bobsled pulled by big horses through the snow. When Zoo Sap falls off of the sled unnoticed, the forest animals hear his cries. First to come are the beaver, who put their tails together to cradle him. Then all the other animals circle round--everyone from the tiny...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tilbury House, Publishers 2014
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Summary: Illustrations and text describe how the Mixtecs create painted manuscripts, or codices, that reflect their way of life and document their history, science, land tenure, tribute, and sacred rituals.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE TONCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE TONVilela, Fernando
Summary: "Cauã and Inaê are a brother and sister who live in a small community along the Tapajós River in Brazil. Here, the homes are on stilts and everyone travels around by boat -- even to school! When the rainy season comes, they must leave their village and relocate to higher ground for a while. But after moving this year, Cauã and Inaê realize they've left behind something important: their pet...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amazon Crossing Kids 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE VILAgostini, Alliah L.
Summary: Shane, a boy with big dancing dreams, learns the meaning of courage and community.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE AGOHoffmann, Jilanne
Summary: "A narrative nonfiction story detailing the long distance that dust from the Sahel in Africa travels across the Atlantic Ocean to replenish life in the Amazon Rainforest. Told from the perspective of dust, A River of Dust takes readers on a journey through vibrantly illustrated landscapes, celebrating the power and wonder of Earth's ecosystems, and showing how these tiny particles are in fact...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2023