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Teacher’s Guide
Sep 17, 2019 | ISBN 9780735230606 | 4-8 years Buy
Sep 17, 2019 | ISBN 9780525555124 | 4-8 years Buy
Dec 08, 2020 | 6 Minutes | 4-8 years Buy
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Sep 17, 2019 | ISBN 9780735230606 | 4-8 years
Sep 17, 2019 | ISBN 9780525555124 | 4-8 years
Dec 08, 2020 | ISBN 9780593342060 | 4-8 years
6 Minutes
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.
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.
Traci Sorell writes fiction and nonfiction books as well as poems for children. Traci’s lyrical story in verse, At the Mountain’s Base, illustrated by Weshoyot Alvitre (Kokila, 2019) celebrates the bonds of family and the history of history-making women pilots,… More about Traci Sorell
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 People2020 Rise: A Feminist Book Project – Top Ten List2020 Notable Books for a Global Society Award List2020 Wisconsin State Reading Association Recommendation 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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