![]() ![]() Then and now are not so very different when the shadbush blooms. Told by Traditional Sister and Contemporary Sister, each from her own time, this is a book about tradition and about change. Through the cycle of the seasons, what is important has remained: being with family, knowing when berries are ripe for picking, listening to stories in a warm home. Recommended to teachers by the National Museum of the American Indian, Spring 2008 Education E-Newsletter Recommended on National Public Radio’s “Tell Me More” November 2007 Featured in Kirkus Reviews’ BEA/ALA Big Book Guide 2007.Įxcerpts- “My grandparent’s grandparents walked beside the same stream where I walk with my brother, and we can see what they saw.” Today when a Lenape Indian girl ventures to the stream to fish for shad, she knows that another girl did the same generations before. We have won the CCBC Choice 2008, Children’s Cooperative Book Center Award & 2008 Notable Children’s Book in the Language Arts. It chooses the best 600 books, both fiction and nonfiction, which it lists according to age and category. National Children’s Choice Book Award Finalist!When the Shadbush Blooms has been named to this year’s list of Best Children’s Books by the Bank Street College Children’s Book Committee! The Committee reviews over 4000 titles each year for accuracy and literary quality and considers their emotional impact on children. The winners are featured in the summer issue and also on 5/15/08 Reading books is another way to explore cultures, places and even other time periods. The selection promotes cooperation, nonviolence, respect for differing viewpoints and close relationships in human societies. Together, they encourage an understanding of the world’s diverse cultures, as well as nature and ecological richness. We have won the 15th Annual Skipping Stones Honor Awards! The Skipping Stones Honor Awards recognize 26 exceptional books and teaching resources. Look for the Shadbush Activity Page and the Children’s Page and for the book reviews page. Yard’s office from When the Shadbush Blooms, 4/ 2015.You will find awards, what people said, excerpts and artwork on this page. Nancy Yard Holland Township School District & Carla with mural in Dr. ![]()
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