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NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY School Library Journal Shelf Awareness National Education Society American Association of Geography Canadian Childrens Book Centre Nerdy Book Club NCTE Orbis Pictus Honor Awards
Celebrate Indigenous thinkers and inventions with this beautifully designed, award-winning interactive nonfiction bookperfect 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
Author: Deidre Havrelock, Edward Kay
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Christy Ottaviano Books-Little Brown and Hach
Published: 05/09/2023
Pages: 272
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 9.30h x 7.00w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780316413336
Language: English
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