The first blade of sweetgrass : a Native American story / story by Suzanne Greenlaw and Gabriel Frey ; illustrations by Nancy Baker.
Material type: TextPublisher: Thomaston, Maine : Tilbury House Publishers, [2021]Copyright date: ©2021Description: 32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 27 cmISBN:- 0884487601
- 9780884487609
- 1st blade of sweetgrass
- Sweetgrass
- PZ7.1.G74027 Fi 2021
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Lending Books | Elisabeth C. Miller Library Youth Collection | QK98.6.N7 G74 2021 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 39352800186223 |
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).