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I sang you down from the stars  Cover Image Book Book

I sang you down from the stars / written by Tasha Spillett-Sumner ; illustrated by Michaela Goade.

Spillett-Sumner, Tasha, 1988- (author.). Goade, Michaela, (illustrator.).

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780316493161
  • ISBN: 0316493163
  • Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2021.

Content descriptions

Target Audience Note:
Ages 4-8. Little, Brown and Company.
Study Program Information Note:
Lexile 640L.
F&P M.
Subject: Infants > Juvenile fiction.
Mother and child > Juvenile fiction.
Indians of North America > Juvenile fiction.
Cree women > Juvenile fiction.
Babies > Fiction.
Mother and child > Fiction.
Native Americans > Fiction.
JUVENILE FICTION / Family / New Baby.
JUVENILE FICTION / Family / Parents.
JUVENILE FICTION / Legends, Myths, Fables / Indigenous Peoples of the Americas.
Mother and child.
Infants.
Indians of North America.
Cree women.
Infants > Juvenile fiction.
Mother-child relationship > Juvenile fiction.
Native Americans > North America > Juvenile fiction.
Infants > Fiction.
Mother-child relationship > Fiction.
Native Americans > North America > Fiction.
Genre: Children's stories.
Fiction.
Juvenile works.
Picture books.
Children's stories > Pictorial works.
Picture books.

Available copies

  • 3 of 3 copies available at Skagit Evergreen Libraries. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Burlington Public Library System. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Burlington Public Library.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 3 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Burlington Public Library E SPILLETT SUMNER 39851001634006 Picture Books – Life Changes and Relationships (Purple) Copy hold Available -

Tasha Spillett-Sumner 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 an award-winning designer and illustrator. She has illustrated a number of picture books including Shanyaak'utlaax: Salmon Boy, winner of the 2018 American Indian Youth Literature Best Picture Book Award, and the New York Times bestselling and Caldecott Award-winning book, We Are Water Protectors. She lives in Juneau, Alaska.

Tasha Spillett-Sumner 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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