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— From Miranda Rose K<\/u>aagw\u00e9il Worl’s <\/em>How Devil’s Club Came to Be,
illustrated by Michaela Goade<\/a><\/strong><\/em>
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\nLast week over at Kirkus<\/em>, I talked here<\/a><\/strong> with Dr. Rosita Worl, President of Sealaska Heritage Institute<\/a><\/strong> in Juneau, about Baby Raven Reads<\/a><\/strong>, the Institute’s groundbreaking, culturally-based program promoting early literacy and school readiness for Alaska Native children. <\/p>\n
Today, I’m following up that Q&A with a bit of art from some of their 2017 titles. (Below is the cover for the illustration pictured above.)<\/p>\n
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HOW DEVIL’S CLUB CAME TO BE. Copyright \u00a9 2017 Sealaska Heritage Institute. Illustration used by permission of Sealaska Heritage Institute, Juneau. <\/p>\n LET’S GO!: A HARVEST STORY. Copyright \u00a9 2017 Sealaska Heritage Institute. Illustration used by permission of Sealaska Heritage Institute, Juneau. <\/p>\n SHANYAAK’UTLAAX<\/U>: SALMON BOY. Copyright \u00a9 2004, 2017 Sealaska Heritage Institute on behalf of clans that own the oral tradition and the Northwest Coast tribes who tell this story. Illustration used by permission of Sealaska Heritage Institute, Juneau. <\/p>\n THE WOMAN CARRIED AWAY BY KILLER WHALES: A HAIDA STORY. Copyright \u00a9 2017 Sealaska Heritage Institute on behalf of clans that own the oral tradition and the Northwest Coast tribes who tell this story. Illustration used by permission of Sealaska Heritage Institute, Juneau. <\/p>\n THE WOMAN WHO MARRIED THE BEAR. Copyright \u00a9 2017 Sealaska Heritage Institute on behalf of clans that own the oral tradition and the Northwest Coast tribes who tell this story. Illustration used by permission of Sealaska Heritage Institute, Juneau.<\/em> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" “‘You must be the one to fight the giant,’ Raven told her.”— From Miranda Rose Kaagw\u00e9il Worl’s How Devil’s Club Came to Be,illustrated by Michaela Goade(Click to enlarge image and read text in its entirety) Last week over at Kirkus, I talked here with Dr. Rosita Worl, President of Sealaska Heritage Institute in Juneau, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-picture-books"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4589"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4589\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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and told his family his story. Then they named him ‘Aak’wtaatseen.'”
— From <\/em>Salmon Boy, a Tlingit story
edited by Johnny Marks, Hans Chester, David Katzeek, Nora Dauenhauer,
and Richard Dauenhauer; illustrated by Michaela Goade<\/strong><\/a><\/em>
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Let’s hike into the woods and find a cedar tree. …”
— From Hannah Lindoff’s <\/em>Let’s Go!: A Harvest Story,
illustrated by Michaela Goade<\/a><\/strong><\/em>
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Amazed by its beautiful fur, he was eager to show it to everyone in his village. Nanasimgit was in such a hurry to get back home,
he forgot to give thanks to the sea otter for giving its life.”
— From <\/em>The Woman Carried Away by Killer Whales: A Haida Story,
illustrated by Janine Gibbons<\/a><\/strong><\/em>
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and watch the sun set over the edge of the world as she would sing …”
— From <\/em>The Woman Who Married the Bear, a Tlingit story adapted by
Frank Henry Kaash Katasse<\/a><\/strong> and illustrated by Janine Gibbons<\/a><\/strong><\/em>
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