It’s our penultimate stop on the world tour today, and we’re heading north to visit the vast beauties of Canada. From the Rockies to its cosmopolitan cities to the rocky cliffs of the Atlantic, all of Canada is on display …
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from the arctic to the great plains…five for Indigenous People’s Day
While many Americans mark today as Columbus Day, here in Minneapolis, I’m glad to say, we also honor it as Indigenous People’s Day. As Columbus didn’t discover the Americas — numerous peoples and vast civilizations were already here when he …
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five Christmas celebrations from around the world
Miracle on 133rd Street, by Sonia Manzano, illustrated by Marjorie Priceman published in 2015 by Atheneum Books for Young Readers A riot of color, an array of cultures, and a generous helping of neighborliness shine in this swizzling story from …
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a list of …five books with Native Americans in the spotlight
I have been reading stacks of picture books featuring Native Americans over the past months, in order to give you a week’s worth of titles focused on these diverse peoples. I have wanted to do this since this past January when, in …
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