Book Descriptions
for We Are Still Here! by Traci Sorell and Frané Lessac
From Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)
A framing narrative depicts a contemporary, diverse class of Native students presenting on topics related to Native American history and contemporary experience for Indigenous People’s Day. The bulk of the narrative is comprised of the students’ presentations, which cover topics both painful (Allotment, Assimilation, the Indian New Deal, Termination, Relocation) and hopeful (Tribal Activism, Self-Determination, Language Revival, Sovereign Resurgence, and more). An introduction and a handful of related points are provided for each. Extensive end matter for this digestible overview of ever-relevant events and subjects includes a timeline, glossary, and details about the people and events depicted. The colorful, culturally specific illustrations provide more in-depth context for the presentation topics. (Ages 7-10)
CCBC Choices 2022. © Cooperative Children's Book Center, Univ. of Wisconsin - Madison, 2022. Used with permission.
From the Publisher
Twelve Native American kids present historical and contemporary laws, policies, struggles, and victories in Native life, each with a powerful refrain: We are still here!
An ideal nonfiction picture book for 7-10-year-old future activists and changemakers! An inspiring read by best-selling and award-winning Cherokee author Traci Sorell.
Too often, Native American history is treated as a finished chapter instead of relevant and ongoing. This companion book to the award-winning We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga offers readers everything they never learned in school about Native American people's past, present, and future.
Precise, lyrical writing presents topics including:
A 2022 American Indian Youth Literature Picture Book Honor Book
A 2022 Robert F. Sibert Honor Book
An ideal nonfiction picture book for 7-10-year-old future activists and changemakers! An inspiring read by best-selling and award-winning Cherokee author Traci Sorell.
Too often, Native American history is treated as a finished chapter instead of relevant and ongoing. This companion book to the award-winning We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga offers readers everything they never learned in school about Native American people's past, present, and future.
Precise, lyrical writing presents topics including:
- Assimilation
- Allotment
- Termination
- Relocation
- Economic Development
- Language Revival
- Sovereign Resurgence
- and more
A 2022 American Indian Youth Literature Picture Book Honor Book
A 2022 Robert F. Sibert Honor Book
Publisher description retrieved from Google Books.
