Follett Content Book Detail: Keepunumuk : Weeachumun's Thanksgiving Story by Greendeer, Danielle

Name: Keepunumuk : Weeachumun's Thanksgiving Story
Author: Greendeer, Danielle
ISBN: [978-1-62354-290-0,1-62354-290-1]

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Keepunumuk : Weeachumun's Thanksgiving Story

Author: Greendeer, Danielle

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Follett Number: 1615HX2
Audience: Lower Elementary
Publisher: Charlesbridge, 2022
Format: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm
ISBN-13: 978-1-62354-290-0
ISBN-10: 1-62354-290-1
LCCN: 2020-026147
Dewey: -E-
Classifications: Fiction; Easy

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Indians of North America Fiction

Picture Books

Pilgrims (New Plymouth Colony) Fiction

Thanksgiving Day Fiction

Wampanoag Indians Fiction

Wampanoag children listen as their grandmother tells them the story about how Weeachumun (the wise Corn) asked local Native Americans to show the Pilgrims how to grow food to yield a good harvest--Keepunumuk--in 1621.

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In this Wampanoag story told in a Native tradition, two kids from the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe learn the story of Weeachumun (corn) and the first Thanksgiving. A beautiful new classic perfect for fall. Written and illustrated by four Indigenous creators, this picture book for 3-7-year-olds is about the first Thanksgiving from a Native American perspective--reshaping the story and perhaps questioning how the United States sees itself. The Thanksgiving story that most Americans know celebrates the Pilgrims. But without members of the Wampanoag tribe who already lived on the land, the Pilgrims would never have made it through their first winter. And without Weeachumun (corn), the Native people wouldn't have helped. Written by Danielle Greendeer (Mashpee Wampanoag), Anthony Perry (Chickasaw), Alexis Bunten (Unangan/Yup'ik) and beautifully illustrated by Garry Meeches Sr. (Anishinaabe), Keepunumuk is an important picture book honoring both the history and tradition that surrounds the story of the first Thanksgiving.

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