When the Shadbush Blooms
Written by: Carla Messinger and Susan Katz
Illustrated by: Daniel Kanietakeron Fadden
Elementary Grades
"My grandparents’ grandparents walked beside the same stream where I walk with my brother, and we can see what they saw. Today when a Lenape Indian girl ventures to the stream to fish for shad, she knows that another girl did the same generations before. Through the cycle of the seasons, what is important has remained: being with family, knowing when berries are ripe for picking, listening to stories in a warm home. Told by Traditional Sister and Contemporary Sister, each from her own time, this is a book about tradition and about change. Then and now are not so very different when the shadbush blooms. Includes afterword about the culture and history of the Lenni Lenape (formerly known as the Delaware Indians)."
Publishers Description
Online Resources:
http://www.whentheshadbushblooms.net/
http://www.lenapeprograms.info/news/new_book.htm
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