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Picture Book · Ages 7–10 · 2021
The First Blade of Sweetgrass
By Suzanne Greenlaw, Gabriel Frey, Nancy Baker (Illustrator)
A girl learns patience and tradition while harvesting sweetgrass with her grandmother.
4.1/5 Goodreads · 485 ratings
32 pages
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Bookroo's summary
Join a young Wabanaki girl on her first journey with her grandmother to harvest sweetgrass. As she learns to distinguish it from other grasses, she must also master patience. Will the spirit of the land guide her as it did her ancestors? Discover the timeless tradition of basket making and the wisdom passed down through generations in this heartfelt tale.
From the publisher
Musquon must overcome her impatience while learning to distinguish sweetgrass from other salt marsh grasses, but slowly the spirit and peace of her surroundings speak to her, and she gathers sweetgrass as her ancestors have done for centuries, leaving the first blade she sees to grow for future generations. This sweet, authentic story from a Maliseet mother and her Passamaquoddy husband includes backmatter about traditional basket making and a Wabanaki glossary.
At a glance
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 32
- Reading age
- 7–10
- Audience
- Picture
- Lexile
- ~511L
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The fine print
Book details
Reading levels
- ATOS
- 3.4
- F&P level
- ~N
- AR points
- 0.5
- AR interest level
- LG
- AR quiz
- 515737
Publication
- Published
- August 10, 2021
- Publisher
- Tilbury House Publishers
Edition
- Language
- English
- Type
- Picture Book
Identifiers
- ISBN
- 9780884487609
- LCCN
- 2021935470
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