WE STAND!" An author's note traces the story's genesis to the 2016 Standing Rock protests in the Dakotas. And the girl doesn't just participate in protest she stands at the front, carrying a feather in one hand, as other protestors answer her call.
"The plants, trees, rivers, lakes."-Goade pulls back to view the Earth from space studded with stars-"We are all related." Observation is not enough, the book communicates: action is necessary. The girl tells of the arrival of an oil pipeline, the "black snake" that will "spoil the water./ Poison plants and animals./ Wreck everything in its path." The half-bleached figures of a bird and a fish lie next to the pipeline leaking black sludge. Bold strokes of light, limpid color wash across layered spreads by Tlingit and Haida artist Goade ( Encounter). Water is sacred," the white-haired woman tells her. The words are spoken by a child who's shown first with her grandmother: "Water is the first medicine. Metis/Ojibwe author Lindstrom ( Girls Dance, Boys Fiddle) honors those who fight to protect the Earth's fresh water. By Grade + Interest - K to 1st By Grade + Interest - 2nd to 3rd By Grade + Interest - 4th to 5th
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