The first blade of sweetgrass : a Native American story /
Greenlaw, Suzanne,
The first blade of sweetgrass : a Native American story / 1st blade of sweetgrass Sweetgrass story by Suzanne Greenlaw and Gabriel Frey ; illustrations by Nancy Baker. - 32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Sustainable harvesting of sweetgrass is the subject of this picture book written by basket maker Gabriel Frey, of the Passamaquoddy Nation, and stewardship scholar Suzanne Greenlaw, of the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians. (Miller Library Staff) "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"--
Recommended for preschool (age 0-5) and primary school (age 6-12).
0884487601 9780884487609
2021935470
Abenaki Indians--Juvenile fiction.
Grandmothers--Juvenile fiction.
Grandparent and child--Juvenile fiction.
Grasses--Juvenile fiction.
Sweetgrass baskets--Juvenile fiction.
Basket making--Juvenile fiction.
Picture books for children.
PZ7.1.G74027 / Fi 2021
The first blade of sweetgrass : a Native American story / 1st blade of sweetgrass Sweetgrass story by Suzanne Greenlaw and Gabriel Frey ; illustrations by Nancy Baker. - 32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Sustainable harvesting of sweetgrass is the subject of this picture book written by basket maker Gabriel Frey, of the Passamaquoddy Nation, and stewardship scholar Suzanne Greenlaw, of the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians. (Miller Library Staff) "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"--
Recommended for preschool (age 0-5) and primary school (age 6-12).
0884487601 9780884487609
2021935470
Abenaki Indians--Juvenile fiction.
Grandmothers--Juvenile fiction.
Grandparent and child--Juvenile fiction.
Grasses--Juvenile fiction.
Sweetgrass baskets--Juvenile fiction.
Basket making--Juvenile fiction.
Picture books for children.
PZ7.1.G74027 / Fi 2021