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Turtle Island - The Story of North America's First People
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Turtle Island - The Story of North America's First People
From Annick Press
Current price: $16.95
Bolen Books
Turtle Island - The Story of North America's First People
From Annick Press
Current price: $16.95
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Discover the amazing story of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas from the end of the Ice Age to the arrival of the Europeans.
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EUREKA! Nonfiction Children’s Book Awards Honoree • Waterloo Red Maple Nonfiction Award Winner • Rocky Mountain Book Award Nominee
“Deftly weaves together traditional narratives with archaeology.”—
Jennifer Raff in
Origin: A Genetic History of the Americas
Unlike most books that chronicle the history of Native peoples beginning with the arrival of Europeans in 1492, this book goes back to the Ice Age to give young readers a glimpse of what life was like pre-contact. The title,
Turtle Island
, refers to a Native story that explains how North and Central America were formed on the back of a turtle. Based on archeological finds and scientific research, we now have a clearer picture of how the Indigenous people lived. Using that knowledge, the authors take the reader back as far as 14,000 years ago to imagine moments in time.
A wide variety of topics are featured, from the animals that came and disappeared over time, to what people ate, how they expressed themselves through art, and how they adapted to their surroundings. The importance of story-telling among the Native peoples is always present to shed light on how they explained their world. The end of the book takes us to modern times when the story of the Native peoples is both tragic and hopeful.
AWARDS
2018 Best Books for Kids & Teens, *starred selection, Canadian Children’s Book Centre joint winner
2018 Canadian Children’s Literature Roundtables Information Book Awards short-listed
2018 EUREKA! Nonfiction Children’s Book Awards Honoree, California Reading Association commendation
2018 Red Maple Award
2018 2019 Rocky Mountain Book Award
2019 Nautilus Book Award, Best of Children’s Books joint winner
2019 Nautilus Book Award, Gold joint winner
2018 Rocky Mountain Book Award
2019 Waterloo Red Maple Nonfiction Award winner
- Authors : Eldon Yellowhorn, Kathy Lowinger
- Publisher: Annick Press
- Binding: Paperback
- Edition:
- Pages: 116
- Height: 9.3
- Width: 7.5
- Weight: 0.74
- Imprint: Annick Press
- Isbn: 9781554519xxx
- Release Date : 2017-09-12