Children's Nonfiction Native Canadian
Great Writers from our First Nations
- Publisher
- Second Story Press
- Initial publish date
- Oct 2012
- Category
- Native Canadian, Native American, Literary
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781926920863
- Publish Date
- Oct 2012
- List Price
- $9.99
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Recommended Age, Grade, and Reading Levels
- Age: 8 to 14
- Grade: 3 to 8
- Reading age: 9 to 12
Description
Ten short and engaging biographies of First Nations/Native writers complete with photographs, sidebars, and a complete catalog of their work. These writers draw on their cultural history to create novels, poetry, and plays, and are an inspiration to any aspiring writer or avid reader. Includes Sherman Alexie, Louise Erdrich, Joseph Boyden, N. Scott Momaday, Marilyn Dumont, Tomson Highway, Joseph Bruchac, Maria Campbell, Nicola Campbell, and Tim Tingle.
About the authors
Kim Sigafus is an award-winning freelance writer and photographer from Warren, Illinois. She is an Ojibwa and her family is from the White Earth Indian Reservation in the northwest region of Minnesota.
Lyle Ernst is a member of the Native American Coalition of the Quad Cities based in Moline, Illinois. He is a free-lance journalist who has contributed news stories, feature stories, and columns to various newspapers.