Come hear author Carole Lindstrom talk abo ut and read from her latest book\, \;Autumn Peltier\, \;Water& nbsp\;Warrior\, an inspiring picture book biography about two Indigen ous Rights Activists\, Josephine Mandamin and \;Autumn Peltier. \; A limited number of Autumn Peltier\, \;Water \;Warrior will be available on a first-come first-served basis courtesy of the DC Public Library Foundation. She will be available for book sig ning immediately after the event.
\nCarole Lindstrom is the author o f the Fall 2023 Beyond the Book featured title\, We Are Water Protecto rs\, which won The Caldecott Medal for its illustrations by Michaela Goade. The Lamond-Riggs/Lillian J. Huff Library is the site for the We Are Water Protectors \;installation. Sign up for Beyond the Book today to get your FREE copy of \;We Are The Water Pr otectors \;when it drops\, a related activity book\, tips for car egivers about how to support developing readers and exclusive invites to s pecial events just like this one! \;
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Carole Lindstrom is a \;New York Ti
mes \;bestselling and award-winning author of literature for youn
g people\, including the Caldecott Medal-winning We Are Water Protecto
rs. She is Anishinaabe/Metis and an enrolled member of the Turtle Mou
ntain Band of Ojibwe. She is honored to write books that allow her to shin
e a light on her beautiful people and their strength and resilience. Her t
ribal homelands are in Belcourt\, North Dakota\, but she was born and rais
ed in Nebraska and currently makes her home in Maryland.\nCarole ha s been a voracious reader and library geek ever since she was growing up i n Nebraska. On weekends you could usually find her at the library lost in the book stacks or holed up in her bedroom with a good book. It wasn&rsquo \;t until she had her son\, that she discovered her love of writing for ch ildren and began to work seriously on her writing.
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Beyond the Book\, g
enerously funded by the \;DC Public Library Foundation\, is a city-wid
e reading and learning club that engages Books from Birth graduates as wel
l as developing readers across DC around a carefully selected title along
with fun and educational learning activities that will deepen their unders
tanding and enjoyment of the book as well as build their reading skills.&n
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