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“We fight for those who cannot fight for themselves”

Caldecott - This book would link great to lessons about the environment or indigenous people.

Caldecott - This is a beautiful book that discusses a very important topic. This book introduces children to environmentalism, activism and indigenous cultures.

“We are water protectors. We stand with our elders, with our youth, and with our community.”

I can see myself using this story for a lesson on earth day. Inspiring students to make change and take good care of the planet.

This book has beautiful illustrations and a very powerful message about protecting natural resources. This story is educational and entertaining and is a must read for children in my opinion!

“We stand with our songs and our drums. We are still here”

I would use this book in my classroom to talk about environmental issues. It can also be used to talk about Native American reservations and the story that inspired the book.

I really love this book and how it discusses the importance of clean water. The book does a great job at highlighting our responsibility to take care of our environment.

“ Take courage! I must keep the black snake away from my villages water. I must rally my people together. “

This would be a great book to introduce pollution and its affects on our world. You could also talk about the Dakota access pipeline, due to this being based off of a true event.

Week 1: Caldecott Winner!This book is a great book with lots of interesting pictures. I love the use of metaphors and how the students can relate to the characters feelings. Great book to open discussions. Published: Mar. 17,2020.

I would definitely use this in a classroom around 2nd grade. The pictures are amazing and it has an impactful message about keeping the waters clean and protecting their land.

“We fight for those who cannot fight for themselves: The winged ones, the crawling ones, the four-legged, the two-legged, the plants, trees, rivers, lakes, the Earth. We are all related.“

This would be a great book to teach children about environmental justices and to stand up for protecting our Earth.

In this book, a young girl fights to protect her people's water from a black snake who threatens to destroy the Earth and poison their most sacred resource. She learns from her grandmother the importance of this natural resource and that water is our first medicine. I enjoyed this book because it was a cute, inspirational story to show children why it's important to take care of our environment.

“Take Courage!”

Definitely would use in my future classroom. It has a very strong and inspiring message to get across for students to get involved in standing up for what they believe in. Has vibrant and bold pictures that would be great for keeping student involved and engaged throughout the book.

We are Water Protectors by Carole Lindstrom. Was Published in 2020. Caldecott Award Winner. This book show cases a bold narrative. Along with having vibrant illustrations. This book has a very inspiring message, and is known to have led movement across North America.

“Its Venom Burns the land. Courses through the water making it unfit to drink.“

I would use this in the classroom, especially around earth day, and show why we have to take care of the earth and what happens if we do not. I would teach cause and effect and see if we don't do this what happens. This could also go into a persavie writing unit about how to stop pipes of oil from being built.

We are the Water Protectors by Carole Lindstrom, 2021- Caldecott. This story is a great cause-and-effect book. It shows how if we do not take care of the earth and the water in it we lose many things around us. This book also shows history and folk stories since it is told by Native American elders. It is so well written and the images are amazing truly a great read

The book has simple, but powerful words and the illustration evoked feelings about water, the importance of water, and the fear of the things that poison the water.
My favorite quote was, “We fight for those who cannot fight for themselves: the winged one, the crawling ones, the four-legged, the two-legged,...“
The book speaks about how water is our lives and if we don't take care of it, Earth will be in danger.

“Water is the first medicine.“

The illustrations in this book were so beautiful and I think they even helped the words speak louder. Everything about this book is so powerful.

I love this book because it teaches the audience about real life. Not only does it talk about culture but about water. I think it is so important to teach kids about culture especially the indigenous people because we don't often know much about their lives.

“We stand with our songs and our drums. We are still here.“

This book is useful for teaching students about environmental activism, Indigenous cultures, and the importance of standing up for what you believe in

We Are Water Protectors is a beautifully illustrated book inspired by the Standing Rock protests. It introduces children to environmental activism and Indigenous perspectives on protecting our planet. It's an empowering story of responsibility and unity