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Indigenous Ingenuity: A Celebration of Traditional North American Knowledge
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Description
Celebrate Indigenous thinkers and inventions with this beautifully designed, award-winning interactive nonfiction book--perfect for fans of Braiding Sweetgrass.
Corn. Chocolate. Fishing hooks. Boats that float. Insulated double-walled construction. Recorded history and folklore. Life-saving disinfectant. Forest fire management. Our lives would be unrecognizable without these, and countless other, scientific discoveries and technological inventions from Indigenous North Americans. Spanning topics from transportation to civil engineering, hunting technologies, astronomy, brain surgery, architecture, and agriculture, Indigenous Ingenuity is a wide-ranging STEM offering that answers the call for Indigenous nonfiction by reappropriating hidden history. The book includes fun, simple activities and experiments that kids can do to better understand and enjoy the principles used by Indigenous inventors. Readers of all ages are invited to celebrate traditional North American Indigenous innovation, and to embrace the mindset of reciprocity, environmental responsibility, and the interconnectedness of all life.
★ "This book will amaze readers and teachers. Completely unique and important." --SLJ, starred review
★ "Engaging and informative." --Booklist, starred review" Essential for kids and adults. We need this book." --Candace Fleming, award-winning author of The Rise and Fall of Charles Lindbergh and The Family Romanov
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY School Library Journal - Shelf Awareness - National Education Society - American Association of Geography - Canadian Children's Book Centre - Nerdy Book Club - NCTE Orbis Pictus Honor Awards - The Green Earth Book Award
Publication date
May 09, 2023
Classification
Non-fiction
Page Count
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ISBN-13
9780316413336
Lexile Measure
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Guided Reading Level
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Publisher
Christy Ottaviano Books-Little Brown and Hachette
Series
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BISAC categories
JNF051190 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature | History of Science
JNF061010 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Technology | Inventions
JNF061010 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Technology | Inventions
Library of Congress categories
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Kirkus
An ambitious, appealing, and accessible work documenting and protecting valuable knowledge.
Deidre Havrelock
Deidre Havrelock is a member of Saddle Lake Cree Nation in Alberta, Canada. She was raised in Edmonton, Alberta, and is the author of Why We Dance: A Story of Hope and Healing, Buffalo Wild!, and Indigenous Ingenuity: A Celebration of Traditional North American Knowledge, coauthored with Edward Kay. She lives in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, on Treaty 6 Territory and the Homeland of the Métis, with her family. Aphelandra is a designer, illustrator, and bookworm who has been drawing ever since she can remember. Her passion for visual storytelling led her to work in the fields of greeting cards and children's books. As a descendant of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin, Aphelandra is especially proud to use her art to help tell the stories of Indigenous people.