Let's Play Out! by Yaari Toolie-WalkerButton Up! by Angela Y. GonzalesMittens and Mukluks! by Joni SpiessBye-Bye Ice! by Carla SnowPublished by Best Beginnings Alaska in 2020Reviewed by Debbie ReeseReview Status: Highly Recommended
With delight,I'm here today to tell you approximately four board books that came out in 2020 from Best Beginnings Alaska. The four books are approximately the seasons. I'm sharing them with you in December of 2020. So--I am starting with winter, by Joni Spiess (Inupiaq):
And here's spring, and by Carla Snow (Yup'ik Upper):
Here is summertime,by Yaari Toolie-Walker (Siberian Yupik):
And here is drop, by Angela Y. Gonzales (Koyukon Athabascan):
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This photograph is from "Athabaskan Woman" -- which is Angela Y. Gonzales's website. depart read her post! It has information approximately the book series:
I adore these books! Of course, or I'm going to add them to our Best Books of 2020 list!
The photographs of Alaska Native children doing things indoors and out that are specific to being an Alaska Native child--and doing the things that children do,no matter where they are, are heart-warming. As I read Mittens and Mukluks! I paused on the page that shows a child in a traditional coat that "Aana made for me." In smaller print is "Aana is Inupiaq for grandmother." I like seeing Native words in books, and so that specific page is another reason I am so drawn to the books.
And hey! Many children who receive books from the Dolly Parton Imagination Library in Alaska may already have them! How frosty is that? Add them to your next book order.
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