Thank you so much for joining YABC as we team up with Penguin Random House in celebrating the traditions, languages and stories of Native American, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and affiliated Island communities with a fantastic giveaway!
Check out the books being offered and enter this amazing giveaway down below.
“Children learn from what they see. We need to set an example of truth and action.” – Howard Rainer, Taos Pueblo-Creek (2012)
BEING HOME
Title: BEING HOME
Author: Traci Sorell; illus. by Michaela Goade
Publisher: Kokila / Penguin Young Readers
Release Date: 05/07/24
From Sibert Honor–winning author Traci Sorell and Caldecott Medal–winning artist Michaela Goade comes a heartwarming picture book about a Native American family and the joy of moving back to their ancestral land.
Today is a day of excitement—it’s time to move! As a young Cherokee girl says goodbye to the swing, the house, and the city she’s called home her whole life, she readies herself for the upcoming road trip. While her mother drives, the girl draws the changing landscape outside her window. She looks forward to the end of the journey, where she’ll eat the feast her family has prepared, play in the creek with her cousins, and settle into the new rhythm of home.
With warm, expressive artwork and spare, lyrical prose, the story of a young girl’s move toward rather than away from home unfolds.
BUFFALO DREAMER
Title: BUFFALO DREAMER
Author: Violet Duncan
Publisher: Nancy Paulsen Books / Penguin Young Readers
Release Date: 08/27/24
NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST
An illuminating novel about the importance of reclaiming the past, based on the author’s family history
Summer and her family always spend relaxed summers in Alberta, Canada, on the reservation where her mom’s family lives. But this year is turning out to be an eye-opening one. First, Summer has begun to have vivid dreams in which she’s running away from one of the many real-life residential schools that tore Native children from their families and tried to erase their Native identities. Not long after that, she learns that unmarked children’s graves have been discovered at the school her grandpa attended as a child. Now more folks are speaking up about their harrowing experiences at these places, including her grandfather. Summer cherishes her heritage and is heartbroken about all her grandfather was forced to give up and miss out on. When the town holds a rally, she’s proud to take part to acknowledge the painful past and speak of her hopes for the future, and anxious to find someone who can fill her in on the source of her unsettling dreams.
Loaf the Cat Goes To The Powwow
Title: Loaf the Cat Goes To The Powwow
Author: Nicholas DeShaw; illus. by Tara Audibert
Publisher: Nancy Paulsen Books / Penguin Young Readers
Release Date: 05/28/24
A Native American boy’s cat surprises him at his first powwow—making for a very special dance indeed!
Loaf the cat loves to play with her boy, and when she’s particularly happy, she’ll make the purr sound for him. She also likes to keep tabs on him, so when he disappears one day, she decides to find him. She follows his smell to a place where there are drums and colors and lots of people—and then she’s excited to see her boy dancing fast, making the ribbons on his regalia twirl beautifully! When he takes a break, Loaf goes to greet him in her special way, making the powwow one her boy will never forget, and worthy of many purrs!
*GIVEAWAY DETAILS*
One (1) winner will receive a bundle of Being Home (Traci Sorell), Buffalo Dreamer (Violet Duncan), and Loaf the Cat Goes to the Powwow (Nicholas DeShaw) ~ US ONLY
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