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At the Mountain's Base

By Traci Sorell
Illustrated by Weshoyot Alvitre

By Traci Sorell
Illustrated by Weshoyot Alvitre

By Traci Sorell
Illustrated by Weshoyot Alvitre

By Traci Sorell
Illustrated by Weshoyot Alvitre

By Traci Sorell
Read by Kimberly Guerrero

By Traci Sorell
Read by Kimberly Guerrero

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Hardcover $18.99

Sep 17, 2019 | ISBN 9780735230606 | 4-8 years

Ebook $7.99

Sep 17, 2019 | ISBN 9780525555124 | 4-8 years

Audiobook Download $5.00

Dec 08, 2020 | 6 Minutes | 4-8 years

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    About At the Mountain’s Base

    A family, separated by duty and distance, waits for a loved one to return home in this lyrical picture book celebrating the bonds of a Cherokee family and the bravery of history-making women pilots.

    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.

    With an author’s note that pays homage to the true history of Native American U.S. service members like WWII pilot Ola Mildred “Millie” Rexroat, this is a story that reveals the roots that ground us, the dreams that help us soar, and the people and traditions that hold us up.

    About At the Mountain’s Base

    A family, separated by duty and distance, waits for a loved one to return home in this lyrical picture book celebrating the bonds of a Cherokee family and the bravery of history-making women pilots.

    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.

    With an author’s note that pays homage to the true history of Native American U.S. service members like WWII pilot Ola Mildred “Millie” Rexroat, this is a story that reveals the roots that ground us, the dreams that help us soar, and the people and traditions that hold us up.

    About At the Mountain’s Base

    A family, separated by duty and distance, waits for a loved one to return home in this lyrical audiobook celebrating the bonds of a Cherokee family and the bravery of history-making women pilots.

    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. 

    With an author’s note that pays homage to the true history of Native American U.S. service members like WWII pilot Ola Mildred “Millie” Rexroat, this is a story that reveals the roots that ground us, the dreams that help us soar, and the people and traditions that hold us up.

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    About Traci Sorell

    Best-selling author Traci Sorell writes inclusive, award-winning historical and contemporary fiction and nonfiction in a variety of formats for young people. She is a two-time Sibert Medal and Orbis Pictus honoree and an award-winning audiobook narrator and producer. Eight of… More about Traci Sorell

    About Weshoyot Alvitre

    Weshoyot Alvitre is a Tongva and Scottish comicbook artist and illustrator. She is the illustrator of the picture book At the Mountain’s Base (written by Traci Sorell), which received the 2020 American Indian Youth Literature Award, and of Living Ghosts… More about Weshoyot Alvitre

    About Traci Sorell

    Best-selling author Traci Sorell writes inclusive, award-winning historical and contemporary fiction and nonfiction in a variety of formats for young people. She is a two-time Sibert Medal and Orbis Pictus honoree and an award-winning audiobook narrator and producer. Eight of… More about Traci Sorell

    About Weshoyot Alvitre

    Weshoyot Alvitre is a Tongva and Scottish comicbook artist and illustrator. She is the illustrator of the picture book At the Mountain’s Base (written by Traci Sorell), which received the 2020 American Indian Youth Literature Award, and of Living Ghosts… More about Weshoyot Alvitre

    About Traci Sorell

    Best-selling author Traci Sorell writes inclusive, award-winning historical and contemporary fiction and nonfiction in a variety of formats for young people. She is a two-time Sibert Medal and Orbis Pictus honoree and an award-winning audiobook narrator and producer. Eight of… More about Traci Sorell

    Product Details

    Category: Children’s Picture Books

    Hardcover | $18.99
    Published by Kokila
    Sep 17, 2019 | 32 Pages | 9 x 11-1/2 | 4-8 years | ISBN 9780735230606

    Category: Children’s Picture Books

    Ebook | $7.99
    Published by Kokila
    Sep 17, 2019 | 32 Pages | 4-8 years | ISBN 9780525555124

    Category: Children’s Books | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $5.00
    Published by Listening Library
    Dec 08, 2020 | 6 Minutes | 4-8 years | ISBN 9780593342060

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    PRAISE FOR AT THE MOUNTAIN’S BASE
    by Traci Sorell and Weshoyot Alvitre 

    2020 American Indian Youth Literature Award – Picture Book Honor
    2020 American Library Association Notable Children’s Book
    2020 Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People
    2020 Rise: A Feminist Book Project – Top Ten List
    2020 Notable Books for a Global Society Award List
    2020 Wisconsin State Reading Association Recommendation List
    2021-2022 The Great Texas Mosquito List
    2022 Notable Children’s Recordings List



    * “A first-purchase for any library.” –School Library Journal (starred review) 

    * “With a message that is universal while also centering Native women, this blend of fiction and nonfiction, the human and the divine, is simply brilliant.” –Booklist (starred review) 

    * “The meditative text is lovely, and the artwork brings the small Cherokee abode to life with warmth and love.” – Shelf Awareness (starred review)

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