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On a day filled with anticipation, a young Cherokee girl bids farewell to her familiar city life and documents the changing landscape through drawings as her family moves to their ancestral land and embraces their new home.

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Main Author: Sorell, Traci (Author)
Other Authors: Goade, Michaela (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Kokila, 2024.
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Moving, Household > Juvenile fiction.
Families > Juvenile fiction.
Cherokee Indians > Juvenile fiction.
Indigenous peoples > America > Juvenile fiction.
Family life > Juvenile fiction.
Picture books.
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Summary:On a day filled with anticipation, a young Cherokee girl bids farewell to her familiar city life and documents the changing landscape through drawings as her family moves to their ancestral land and embraces their new home.
Physical Description:1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Audience:Ages 4-8.
Grades K-1.
ISBN:9781984816030
1984816039
Author Notes:Best-selling author Traci Sorell writes inclusive, award-winning historical and contemporary fiction and nonfiction in a variety of formats for young people. She is a two-time Sibert Medal and Orbis Pictus honoree and an award-winning audiobook narrator and producer. Eight of her books have received awards from the American Indian Library Association, including At the Mountain's Base , Contenders: Two Native Baseball Players, One World Series and She Persisted: Wilma Mankiller . A former federal Indigenous law attorney and policy advocate, Traci is a Cherokee Nation citizen and first-generation college graduate. She lives within her tribe's reservation in northeastern Oklahoma.



Author Site: https://www.tracisorell.com/ Social: @tracisorell

Michaela Goade is a 2021 Caldecott Medalist and the New York Times bestselling illustrator of We Are Water Protectors, also a 2020 Kirkus Prize finalist. Her other books include Encounter ; Shanyaak'utlaax: Salmon Boy , winner of the 2018 American IndianYouth Literature Award for Best Picture Book; and Berry Song , which received a Caldecott Honor. Michaela's work focuses on Indigenous kidlit, and she is honored to work with Indigenous authors and tribal organizations in the creation of beautiful, much-needed books. She is also an enrolled member of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska.

Author Site: https://www.michaelagoade.com/ Social: @michaelagoade

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