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A review by stephbeaudoin20
Keepunumuk: Weeâchumun's Thanksgiving Story by Danielle Greendeer, Anthony Perry, Alexis C. Bunten
5.0
Keepunumuk: Weeâchumun's Thanksgiving Story by Danielle Greendeer, Anthony Perry, and Alexis Bunten, Illustrated by Garry Meeches Sr.
I've had this book on my to read list since it came out. This year all the littles in my life are getting it as a winter holiday present (early of course). I seek out stories written and illustrated by Own Voices. All four creators of this book are Indigenous. There is a pronunciation guide for the Wôpanâak words used throughout. I took a picture with my phone and then checked the photo when I was reading a word. Language matters.
I really enjoyed the story and the illustrations. I liked that the story is not morose, but it also doesn't gloss over the terrible history of colonization. It doesn't gloss over how many people call that Thursday in November The Day of Mourning.
This was one of my favorite lines in the book.
“But the newcomers could not hear the seeds. Their ears did not know the voices of the land.”
My favorite illustration was when Weeâchumun sent dreams to the First Peoples. I love how Weeâchumun’s seeds drift through the illustration like fireflies, like thoughts, like dreams.
Adding to The Diverse Baseline Challenge August Prompt of a Retelling by a BIPOC author.
I've had this book on my to read list since it came out. This year all the littles in my life are getting it as a winter holiday present (early of course). I seek out stories written and illustrated by Own Voices. All four creators of this book are Indigenous. There is a pronunciation guide for the Wôpanâak words used throughout. I took a picture with my phone and then checked the photo when I was reading a word. Language matters.
I really enjoyed the story and the illustrations. I liked that the story is not morose, but it also doesn't gloss over the terrible history of colonization. It doesn't gloss over how many people call that Thursday in November The Day of Mourning.
This was one of my favorite lines in the book.
“But the newcomers could not hear the seeds. Their ears did not know the voices of the land.”
My favorite illustration was when Weeâchumun sent dreams to the First Peoples. I love how Weeâchumun’s seeds drift through the illustration like fireflies, like thoughts, like dreams.
Adding to The Diverse Baseline Challenge August Prompt of a Retelling by a BIPOC author.