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The Gift of the Great Buffalo
- Narrator
- Tiffany Ayalik
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Publish Date
- 25 February 2025
- Run Time
- 18 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
In this beautiful and dramatic story, bestselling author Carole Lindstrom and illustrator Aly McKnight show readers how life was lived by Indigenous communities, offering the true history of life on the prairie.
Before there was a little house on the prairie, there was a tipi on the prairie.
Rose is a young Métis-Ojibwe girl who has traveled far with her family for the biannual buffalo hunt made up of hundreds of other Métis families. The ritual of the hunt has been practiced for generations, and each hunt must see the community through the next six months. But in recent years, the buffalo population has dwindled, and after days on the hunt, there are no buffalo to be found. Can Rose help her family find the herd that will enable them to survive the long winter?
Critics Review
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This vital and authentic picture book offers an exciting adventure on the prairies not often heard.
Booklist, starred review
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Stirring. . . . This reverently told story is a true gift.
Kirkus Reviews, starred review
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Engaging account of prairie life.
Publishers Weekly, starred review
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[Sparks] discussion about environmental conservation and the role that Indigenous people have played (historically and currently) in the care and regrowth of natural lands . . . Skillfully captures the wild beauty of the plains.
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Lindstrom’s engaging text is well paired with McKnight’s expansive, atmospheric watercolor and graphite illustrations. . . . This Métis/Ojibwe perspective of life on the prairie by two Native creators is a moving tribute to a culture and people.
Horn Book
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A thrilling adventure story and an excellent history lesson about Métis-Ojibwe culture.
BookPage
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This is a great volume for bringing an authentic First Nation voice to a historical period.
School Library Journal
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In this tribute to Native resilience, Indigenous author-and-illustrator team Lindstrom and Goade invite readers to stand up for environmental justice. An inspiring call to action for all who care about our interconnected planet.
Kirkus Reviews, starred review on WE ARE WATER PROTECTORS
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Lindstrom’s spare, poetic text flows with the 'river’s rhythm.' Written in response to the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline, famously protested by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and others, these pages carry grief, but it is overshadowed by hope in what is an unapologetic call to action.
Booklist, starred review on WE ARE WATER PROTECTORS
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Observation is not enough, the book communicates: action is necessary. . . . A passionate call for environmental stewardship.
Publishers Weekly, starred review on WE ARE WATER PROTECTORS
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Details
- Author
- Carole Lindstrom, illustrated by Aly McKnight
- Narrator
- Tiffany Ayalik
- Duration
- 18 minutes
- Release Date
- 25 February 2025
- ISBN
- 9781547619160
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Genre
- Picture storybooks, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Nature and animal stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Historical fiction
Synopsis
Bloomsbury presents The Gift of the Great Buffalo by Carole Lindstrom read by Tiffany AyalikIn this beautiful and dramatic story, bestselling author Carole Lindstrom and illustrator Aly McKnight show readers how life was lived by Indigenous communities, offering the true history of life on the prairie.Before there was a little house on the prairie, there was a tipi on the prairie.Rose is a young Métis-Ojibwe girl who has traveled far with her family for the biannual buffalo hunt made up of hundreds of other Métis families. The ritual of the hunt has been practiced for generations, and each hunt must see the community through the next six months. But in recent years, the buffalo population has dwindled, and after days on the hunt, there are no buffalo to be found. Can Rose help her family find the herd that will enable them to survive the long winter?
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