The first blade of sweetgrass : a Native American story

Title:

Author:

Greenlaw, Suzanne, author.

ISBN:

9780884487609

Personal Author:

Greenlaw, Suzanne, author.

Publication Information:

Thomaston, Maine : Tilbury House Publishers, [2021]

Physical Description:

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm

Abstract:

"In this Own Voices Native American picture book story, a modern Wabanaki girl is excited to accompany her grandmother for the first time to harvest sweetgrass for basket making"-- Provided by publisher.

Language:

English

Subject Term:

Abenaki Indians -- Fiction.

Grandmothers -- Fiction.

Grandparent and child -- Fiction.

Grasses -- Fiction.

Sweetgrass baskets -- Fiction.

Genre:

Added Author:

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Summary

Musquon must overcome her impatience while learning to distinguish sweetgrass from other salt marsh grasses, but slowly the spirit and peace of her surroundings speak to her, and she gathers sweetgrass as her ancestors have done for centuries, leaving the first blade she sees to grow for future generations. This sweet, authentic story from a Maliseet mother and her Passamaquoddy husband includes backmatter about traditional basket making and a Wabanaki glossary.