(0)
(0)
(0)
(0)
(0)Diane Wilson
Author
Publisher
Borealis Books
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
"One day I realize that my entire back seat is filled with relatives who wonder why I'm not paying more attention to their part of the family story...Sooner or later they all come up to the front seat and whisper stories in my ear." Growing up in the 1950's in suburban Minneapolis, Diane Wilson had a family like everybody else's. Her Swedish American father was a salesman at Sears and her mother drove her brothers to baseball practice and went to...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Rosalie Iron Wing has grown up in the woods with her father, Ray, a former science teacher who tells her stories of plants, of the stars, of the origins of the Dakota people. Until, one morning, Ray doesn't return from checking his traps. Told she has no family, Rosalie is sent to live with a foster family in nearby Mankato - where the reserved, bookish teenager meets rebellious Gaby Makespeace, in a friendship that transcends the damaged legacies...
Author
Publisher
Lerner Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this unique collaboration, four authors lyrically explore where they each come from-literally and metaphorically-as well as what unites all of us as humans.
Richly layered illustrations connect past and present, making for an accessible and visually striking look at history, family, and identity.
We come from stardust / our bodies made of ancient elements. / We come from single cells / evolving over billions of years. / We come from place,...