Traci Sorell
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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"A group of Native American kids from different tribes presents twelve historical and contemporary time periods, struggles, and victories to their classmates, each ending with a powerful refrain: we are still here"--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
2019 Sibert Honor Book
2019 Orbis Pictus Honor Book
NPR's Guide To 2018’s Great Reads
2018 Book Launch Award (SCBWI)
Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2018
School Library Journal Best Books of 2018
2018 JLG selection
2019 Reading the West Picture Book Award
The Cherokee community is grateful for blessings and challenges that each season brings. This is modern Native American...
2019 Orbis Pictus Honor Book
NPR's Guide To 2018’s Great Reads
2018 Book Launch Award (SCBWI)
Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2018
School Library Journal Best Books of 2018
2018 JLG selection
2019 Reading the West Picture Book Award
The Cherokee community is grateful for blessings and challenges that each season brings. This is modern Native American...
3) Powwow day
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Formats
Description
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.
Author
Publisher
Millbrook Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
"Mary Golda Ross designed classified projects for Lockheed Aircraft Corporation as the company's first female engineer. Find out how her passion for math and the Cherokee values she was raised with shaped her life and work"--
Author
Publisher
Kokila, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
"At the mountain's base sits a cabin under an old hickory tree. And in that cabin lives a family -- loving, weaving, cooking, and singing. The strength in their song sustains them through trials on the ground and in the sky, as they wait for their loved one, a pilot, to return from war."--Amazon.
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
[2023].
Language
Español
Description
¡Ahora en español! La comunidad cheroqui está agradecida por los logros y desafíos que experimentan en cada estación. En este libro se cuenta la vida moderna de los nativos americanos, narrada por una ciudadana de la Nación Cheroqui. Los ciudadanos de la Nación Cheroqui emplean la palabra otsaliheliga (o-ya-LI-ge-li-ga) para expresar gratitud. A partir del año nuevo cheroqui, que ocurre en otoño, hasta el verano, el año cheroqui está lleno...
8) Being home
Author
Publisher
Kokila
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
On a day filled with anticipation, a young Cherokee girl bids farewell to her familiar city life and documents the changing landscape through drawings as her family moves to their ancestral land and embraces their new home.
Author
Series
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
The descendant of Cherokee ancestors who had been forced to walk the Trail of Tears, Wilma Mankiller experienced her own forced removal from the land she grew up on as a child. As she got older and learned more about the injustices her people had faced, she dedicated her life to instilling pride in Native heritage and reclaiming Native rights. She went on to become the first woman Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation.
Author
Publisher
Kokila
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
"The true story of John Meyers and Charles Bender, who in 1911 became the first two Native American pro baseball players to face off in a World Series, teaches important lessons about resilience, doing what you love in the face of injustice, and the fight for Native American representation in sports"--
Author
Publisher
Reycraft Books
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
Many people think of the USA as one country and one land, but it is acutally a land made up of many nations. Learn from the descendents of two different indigenous nations -- discover the location and history of each, along with the culture, government and lifestyles that exist today, famous citizens, and oral traditions.
12) Mascot
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
"Six eighth graders outside Washington, DC, navigate through conflict and division focused on their school district's Native American mascot"--
13) Indian no more
Author
Publisher
Tu Books, an imprint of Lee & Low Books Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
When Regina's Umpqua tribe is legally terminated and her family must relocate from Oregon to Los Angeles, she goes on a quest to understand her identity as an Indian despite being so far from home.
Author
Publisher
Reycraft Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
In the Reluctant storyteller Chooch feels like his future has been decided for him. And in a sense, it has. When you come from a long line of storytellers, it is only natural that you follow in the 'family business'. Chooch's heart isnt in it however. Maybe a week at the Wild Onion Festival will reaveal his story. Includes folk tale Energy of the Thunder Beings as well as information on Cherokee life today written by Traci Sorell.
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Wonder Woman has been an inspiration for decades, and while not everyone would choose her star-spangled outfit for themselves, her compassion and fairness are worthy of emulation. We'll be presenting tales of the real-world heroes who take up Diana's mantle and work in the fields of science, sports, activism, diplomacy, and more!"--