pickThis book serves as a great symbol of what different families and cultures are made of! The illustrations are great. It is a burning story about food, love, culture, and family!
pickThis book serves as a great symbol of what different families and cultures are made of! The illustrations are great. It is a burning story about food, love, culture, and family!
This book would be an awesome edition into Native American culture. And would be an excellent addition to classroom library.
pickIllustrations in this book are amazing. The contents of the story were also really good. Overall I would recommend this book for a classroom library.
“ these marks were good for my parents, we are happy and proud that I was born,” she continues. “I am likewise proud to wear them. Most Ghanaian parents don‘t celebrate them this way anymore, but it was once an important tradition.”
I would use this book in my classroom to talk about diversity and different cultures.
pickA story about Musqon learning to pick and braid sweetgrass from her grandmother. This was written by Suzanne Greenlaw, who is Maliseet, and Gabriel Frey, who is Passamaquoddy (both are groups of native peoples from around Maine).
“'Our people have been coming here to pick sweetgrass for generations. We call it welimahaskil, and we use it in ceremony as well as baskets. Sweetgrass is a spiritual medicine for us.'“
“Fry bread is time. On weekdays and holidays, supper or dinner, powwows and festivals, moments together, with family and friends.“
