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Stories are the heart of the world

A Native American community welcomes a child into the world and guides them through the different stages in life through storytelling and native cultural ceremonies, teaching the child their responsibility to the natural world and the planet around them. Includes author's note.

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Main Author: Goodluck, Laurel (Author)
Other Authors: Neidhardt, Nicole (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York, New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2026]
Edition:First edition.
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Indigenous peoples > America > Juvenile fiction.
Storytelling > Juvenile fiction.
Rites and ceremonies > Juvenile fiction.
Picture books.
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Summary:A Native American community welcomes a child into the world and guides them through the different stages in life through storytelling and native cultural ceremonies, teaching the child their responsibility to the natural world and the planet around them. Includes author's note.
Physical Description:1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Audience:Ages 4 to 8.
Grades 2-3.
ISBN:9781665948944
1665948949
Author Notes:Award-winning author Laurel Goodluck writes picture books with modern themes that reflect Native children's cultural experiences and everyday life, showing they have a unique and powerful perspective. Her books include Forever Cousins , Rock Your Mocs , She Persisted: Deb Haaland , Too Much , Yáadilá!: Good Grief! , and Fierce Aunties! , a recipient of the American Indian Youth Literature Award Picture Book Honor. Laurel was raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. She comes from an intertribal background; is an enrolled member of the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation; and is an Alaskan Native Citizen of the Tsimshian Tribe. She received a BA in psychology and an MA in community counseling and family studies from the University of New Mexico. Laurel began writing by crafting a curriculum for community advocacy involving Native teen leadership and later for children newly diagnosed with mental health challenges. Laurel lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico, with her Navajo husband, where they raised two sons who are also bent on storytelling. Please follow her on @LaurieGoodluck on Instagram.

Nicole Neidhardt is a Diné (Navajo) multi-disciplinary artist and award-winning illustrator. Nicole's Diné identity is the heart of her practice, and she is continually dreaming for Indigenous futures. Nicole holds an MFA from OCAD University in Toronto and grew up in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She has illustrated the books Circle of Love , What Your Ribbon Skirt Means to Me: Deb Haaland's Historic Inauguration , Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults , and Stories Are the Heart of the World .

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