Indian Shoes

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Product Details
Price
$16.99  $15.80
Publisher
Heartdrum
Publish Date
Pages
80
Dimensions
5.8 X 8.3 X 0.7 inches | 0.65 pounds
Language
English
Type
Hardcover
EAN/UPC
9780060295318

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About the Author

Cynthia Leitich Smith is the bestselling, acclaimed author of books for all ages, including Rain Is Not My Indian Name, Indian Shoes, Jingle Dancer, On a Wing and a Tear, Sisters of the Neversea, the Blue Stars series, Harvest House, and Hearts Unbroken, which won the American Indian Youth Literature Award. Cynthia is also the anthologist of Ancestor Approved: Intertribal Stories for Kids and was named the NSK Neustadt Laureate. She is the author-curator of Heartdrum, a Native-focused imprint at HarperCollins Children's Books, and served as the Katherine Paterson Endowed Chair on the faculty of the MFA program in Writing for Children and Young Adults at Vermont College of Fine Arts. Cynthia is a citizen of the Muscogee Nation and lives in Denton and Austin, Texas.

Reviews

"The stories' strength lies in their powerful, poignant evocation of a cross-generational bond and in the description of the simple pleasures two charming characters enjoy." -- ALA Booklist

"A very pleasing first-chapter book from its funny and tender opening salvo to its heartwarming closer." -- Kirkus Reviews

"Shoes is a good book for any elementary-aged reluctant reader, and a necessity for indigenous children everywhere." -- School Library Journal

"This book ably springs Ray Halfmoon free from the paint-and-feathers representations of American Indians." -- Chicago Sunday Tribune

"This is a book so permeated with affection that many readers will just bask in the warmth." -- Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

"Indian Shoes is about belonging to family and community, helping neighbors, and sometimes feeling different but most times knowing who you are in the world." -- Multicultural Review