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crystal_reading's review against another edition
Please read Debbie Reese's review here: https://americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com/2017/12/not-recommended-stolen-words-by-melanie.html
apolloann's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
afro8921's review against another edition
4.0
This picture book carefully covers the ways the words and customs of native people were stolen from them. It's also a beautiful way of talking about the ways this culture is still being passed down and how sometimes children can use different resources to give those words and customs back to their families.
lilmisssouthernyn's review against another edition
5.0
This was a beautiful book, the message of the younger generations helping to reclaim lost and stolen heritage for the older generations.
lordofbooks's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
slow-paced
4.0
bookdrgn's review against another edition
5.0
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It's unthinkable that a small 13 page picture book could impact so deeply.
Stolen Words tells the story of a little girl full of dreams and love for her grandfather.
She asks him, one day when he picks her up from school, how to say "Grandfather" in Cree. He tells her the tragic story of being taken from home and beaten until they spoke white. She gifts him her dreamcatcher so he might dream of his soft words again.
This precocious little girl goes to school the next day and finds a book on Cree in the school library and presents it to her Grandfather. Who reads and remembers his words, his mother and promises to read to her in Cree.
This was a beautiful little book that should be in every school library.
The illustrations were incredible and very evocative. I especially loved the image of their words coming out of their mouths to be locked in a cage. It was heart wrenching.
The bond between Grandfather and Granddaughter is clearly a special one, easily discernable within this short book.
It's unthinkable that a small 13 page picture book could impact so deeply.
Stolen Words tells the story of a little girl full of dreams and love for her grandfather.
She asks him, one day when he picks her up from school, how to say "Grandfather" in Cree. He tells her the tragic story of being taken from home and beaten until they spoke white. She gifts him her dreamcatcher so he might dream of his soft words again.
This precocious little girl goes to school the next day and finds a book on Cree in the school library and presents it to her Grandfather. Who reads and remembers his words, his mother and promises to read to her in Cree.
This was a beautiful little book that should be in every school library.
The illustrations were incredible and very evocative. I especially loved the image of their words coming out of their mouths to be locked in a cage. It was heart wrenching.
The bond between Grandfather and Granddaughter is clearly a special one, easily discernable within this short book.
damaris_anne's review against another edition
5.0
I was at a conference recently, perusing one of the many bookstores, when I caught sight of an adorable little book. Brightly yellow and red, it was one of the cardboard ones they make so babies can chew on them without tearing the paper. I picked it up, turning it over in my hands. It was a 'First Words' book, but instead of having just English words, it had English, French, and Cree.
I remember standing in that bookstore, turning this book over and over in my hands, looking at this beautiful little book and realising how privileged I really am, and always have been. I'm as white as they come (my skin looks like uncooked chicken, ok?), but I've always had an immense interest, appreciation and reverence for other cultures. Even still, I'd never even thought how lucky I was to grow up with all my books, my precious books, written in my language. My music, in my language. My signs, in my language.
And that is why I love Second Story Press. They are tackling the real issues, and they are tackling them where it counts: through children's books. Stolen Words is my fourth Second Story Press book that I've read, and each of them are absolutely brilliant. They are teaching kids, encouraging kids, and empowering kids to embrace who they truly are, and who their friends truly are.
Stolen Words is a really touching story about a little girl and her grandfather, who was placed in residential school when he was younger, and lost his language as a result. The illustrations through Stolen Words are truly gorgeous, and add to the haunting but evocative nature of the story. It also gives the reader their own introduction to Cree, and ends the story with hope.
Second Story Press and Melanie Florence are on the right track with books like these. Just like that 'First Words' book that I held for a good five minutes in that bookstore, Stolen Words not only educates children, but it also awakens adults like you and me to realise and face parts of ourselves that we didn't know existed. And, really, isn't that what great literature does? Great literature helps us to embrace who we are, and forces us to reconcile and realise who we are not. Stolen Words does exactly that.
Thank you to the publisher and to NetGalley for providing me with a free copy for my fair and honest review.
I remember standing in that bookstore, turning this book over and over in my hands, looking at this beautiful little book and realising how privileged I really am, and always have been. I'm as white as they come (my skin looks like uncooked chicken, ok?), but I've always had an immense interest, appreciation and reverence for other cultures. Even still, I'd never even thought how lucky I was to grow up with all my books, my precious books, written in my language. My music, in my language. My signs, in my language.
And that is why I love Second Story Press. They are tackling the real issues, and they are tackling them where it counts: through children's books. Stolen Words is my fourth Second Story Press book that I've read, and each of them are absolutely brilliant. They are teaching kids, encouraging kids, and empowering kids to embrace who they truly are, and who their friends truly are.
Stolen Words is a really touching story about a little girl and her grandfather, who was placed in residential school when he was younger, and lost his language as a result. The illustrations through Stolen Words are truly gorgeous, and add to the haunting but evocative nature of the story. It also gives the reader their own introduction to Cree, and ends the story with hope.
Second Story Press and Melanie Florence are on the right track with books like these. Just like that 'First Words' book that I held for a good five minutes in that bookstore, Stolen Words not only educates children, but it also awakens adults like you and me to realise and face parts of ourselves that we didn't know existed. And, really, isn't that what great literature does? Great literature helps us to embrace who we are, and forces us to reconcile and realise who we are not. Stolen Words does exactly that.
Thank you to the publisher and to NetGalley for providing me with a free copy for my fair and honest review.