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I sang you down from the stars

A Native American woman describes how she loved her child before it was born and, throughout her pregnancy, gathered a bundle of gifts to welcome the newborn.

Main Author: Spillett-Sumner, Tasha, 1988- (Author)
Other Authors: Goade, Michaela (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2021.
Edition: First edition.
Subjects:
Infants > Juvenile fiction.
Mother and child > Juvenile fiction.
Indians of North America > Juvenile fiction.
Babies > Juvenile fiction.
Native Americans > Juvenile fiction.
Picture books.
Summary: A Native American woman describes how she loved her child before it was born and, throughout her pregnancy, gathered a bundle of gifts to welcome the newborn.
Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Audience: Ages 4-8.
ISBN: 9780316493161
0316493163
Author Notes: Tasha Spillett is a Cree and Trinidadian award-winning poet and author who is also working on her doctoral degree in Indigenous land-based education. She makes her home in Treaty 1 territory, Manitoba, where she raises her daughter, Isabella, with her husband.



Michaela Goade (Tlingit) is a Caldecott Medalist and a #1 New York Times bestselling artist. She is the illustrator of a number of award-winning and bestselling books, including We Are Water Protectors by Carole Lindstrom and her own Berry Song . She is from the Raven moiety and Kiks.ádi clan from Sitka, Alaska, where she currently lives. She invites you to visit her online at michaelagoade.com.

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