{"id":37553,"date":"2020-06-20T20:32:40","date_gmt":"2020-06-21T00:32:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=37553"},"modified":"2020-06-20T20:32:40","modified_gmt":"2020-06-21T00:32:40","slug":"review-of-we-are-water-protectors-by-carole-lindstrom-illustrated-by-michaela-goade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=37553","title":{"rendered":"Review of We Are Water Protectors, by Carole Lindstrom, illustrated by Michaela Goade"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>We Are Water Protectors<\/em><\/p>\n

written by Carole Lindstrom
\nillustrated by Michaela Goade<\/p>\n

Roaring Brook Press, 2020. 40 pages.
\nReview written April 21, 2020, from a library book<\/p>\n

The Author\u2019s Note at the back of this picture book does tell us that her motivation to write it came from April 2016 when the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe protested against a pipeline going through their sacred lands and were joined by more than five hundred Indigenous Nations. But the text is universal \u2013 about standing on behalf of water and the earth.<\/p>\n

The paintings on the large spreads in this book are colorful, lush, and gorgeous. We see a Native American girl repeating to the reader what she\u2019s been told about the importance of water. We come from water \u2013 from our mother\u2019s womb to the nourishment of water on the earth.<\/p>\n

We also hear of a prophecy of a black snake that would come and poison the water, plants, and animals. <\/p>\n

Now the black snake is here.
\nIts venom burns the land.
\nCourses through the water,
\nMaking it unfit to drink.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Our protagonist declares she\u2019s going to fight the black snake, and here the book is beautifully inspiring.<\/p>\n

We fight for those
\nWho cannot fight for themselves:
\nThe winged ones,
\nThe crawling ones,
\nThe four-legged,
\nThe two-legged,
\nThe plants, trees, rivers, lakes,
\nThe Earth.<\/p>\n

We are all related.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The language is simple and the pictures are beautiful. The reader will learn about Native American culture in a way that invites them also to contribute to protecting the water.<\/p>\n

At the very back of the book, there\u2019s a pledge to be a steward of the Earth and a protector of the water, and to treat all beings on the Earth with kindness and respect.<\/p>\n

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Source: This review is based on a library book from Fairfax County Public Library.<\/p>\n

Disclaimer: I am a professional librarian, but the views expressed are solely my own, and in no way represent the official views of my employer or of any committee or group of which I am part.<\/p>\n

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