A lyrical picture book about how our ancestors live on in the earth, and what we can learn from nature-if we listen-from Carole Lindstrom, author of My Powerful Hair and the bestselling We Are Water Protectors, and Newbery Honoree Nasugraq Rainey Hopson
Stones speak-if you listen.
Made of millions upon millions of years, of leaves, twigs, and earth, the stones beneath our feet have experienced everything and evolved over many, many generations. Called mishomis (meaning "grandfather") by the Ojibwe people, these stones are our ancestors, and they have many stories to tell.
From Carole Lindstrom, author of My Powerful Hair and The New York Times bestseller and Caldecott Medal winner We Are Water Protectors, and Nasugraq Rainey Hopson, author-illustrator of the Newbery Honor Book Eagle Drums, this melodic, soothing picture book calls us to be still, to wonder at the great and small things in nature, and to listen to the wisdom of those who came before us. For we are the earth-and the earth is us.
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Carole Lindstrom is a New York Times-bestselling and award-winning author of literature for young people, including of the Caldecott Medal-winning We Are Water Protectors. She is Anishinaabe/Métis and an enrolled citizen of the Turtle Mountain Band of Ojibwe. She is honored to write books that allow her to shine a light on her beautiful people and their strength and resilience. Her tribal homelands are in Belcourt, North Dakota, but she was born and raised in Nebraska and currently makes her home in Maryland. Steph Littlebird is an Indigenous artist, writer, curator, and a member of Oregon's Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde. Her work combines traditional aesthetics with contemporary materials and subject matter to forge connections between our collective past and imminent future. Littlebird was the 2020-2021 fellow of the Association of Independent Colleges of Art & Design and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Littlebird received national recognition as curator of This IS Kalapuyan Land (2020) an exhibition at the Five Oaks Museum in Portland, which was featured by ArtNews and PBS NewsHour. She currently lives in Las Vegas.
