Description
From the Southeast rainforest to the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta tundra, to the reaches of the far north, Alaska Native kids live a life that mixes ancient traditions with modern culture. Inside this book you'll find ten profiles accompanied by beautiful color photographs of kids of various ages and from diverse cultures and backgrounds, as well as a map and a glossary of Native terms. No other book for children delves into all ten Native cultures with expert authority, making Children of the First People a one-of-a-kind treasure.
- Author events and interviews in Alaska.
- Spring Children's Gift Catalog 2019
- Promotion to AKLA librarians through listserv and at tradeshow, including teacher guide.
- Reviews and features in national trade and education, regional, and Native American media and online sources.
- National promotion through CBC Diversity Goodreads list.
- Submitted for NSTA Notables and Battle of the Books.
- Promotion and giveaways at September American Indian Alaska Native Tourism Association tradeshow, at October Alaska Federation of Natives conference, during November National American Indian Heritage Month, and at Smithsonian National Museum of American Indian.
- Author blog posts and features on author and photographer websites.
About the Author
Award-winning journalist, writer, editor, and program and book developer Tricia Brown has been nationally honored for compassionate, insightful depictions of Alaska Natives and for children's literature. She was the founding editor of Heartland, the Sunday magazine of the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, and later wrote for the Anchorage Daily News and edited the popular monthly magazine Alaska. She is also the author of Children of the Midnight Sun. Brown lives in Anchorage, Alaska. Roy Corral is the photographer of several books, including My Denali, A Child's Glacier Bay, and Children of the Midnight Sun. He lives in Eagle River, Alaska.
Reviews
"An excellent book profiling youth in Alaska Native cultures. A good first purchase for libraries and schools with an interest in geography or Indigenous peoples."
--School Library Journal
"An engaging portrait of the diversity of Alaskan Native life."
--Horn Book
"Author Brown and photographer Corral trek across Alaska to a sample selection of children from 10 Indigenous cultures of Alaska. Each chapter looks at the life of one child as representative of their culture. The stories tell of the day-to-day activities of each child, how they engage with their families, their traditional culture, and their aspirations."
--Kirkus Reviews
"Alaska is a mythic land brought closer through stories of Native kids doing both familiar (basketball, playing trombone) and far-flung (seal hunting, dog sledding) things, in environments as disparate as the verdant south and the icy north."
--Scholastic Teacher
Praise for Children of the Midnight Sun:
"Children of the Midnight Sun acknowledges the drastic changes of the last few decades, with the advent of satellite television, access to transportation, and the Internet, but focuses on the preservation or reawakening of culture through each child."
--Kirkus Reviews
"Author and artist successfully communicate the common thread linking these eight lives: the importance of Native traditions, family bonds and the wisdom and experience of preceding generations as they navigate in modern times."
--Publishers Weekly
"For Native children, growing up in Alaska today means dwelling in a place where traditional practices sometimes mix oddly with modern conveniences. Children of the Midnight Sun explores the lives of eight Alaskan Native children, each representing a unique and ancient culture. This extraordinary book also looks at the critical role elders play in teaching the young Native traditions."
--Children's Book Council
"Brown seems to have anticipated the kinds of things kids would want to ask about these Alaskans, given the chance, and offers readers a glimpse at eight distinct personalities and ways of life. . . All who read Children of the Midnight Sun will come away with an enriched view of the lives of young native Alaskans."
--School Library Journal
"The violet-and-crimson photo of a sunset on the jacket immediately dispels the narrow image of Alaska as a stark, uninviting place. Inside are more excellent photos, all taken by Roy Corral, which show Alaska's vibrant contrasts-snow-swept villages and manicured city gardens, native dances and trips to the mall."
--Booklist
Book Information
ISBN 9781513261973
Author Tricia Brown
Format Paperback
Page Count 48
Imprint Graphic Arts Books
Publisher Graphic Arts Books
Weight(grams) 226g
