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Sorell, Traci

We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga: Seasons

32 pp. | Charlesbridge | September, 2024 | Trade ISBN 9781623544904 $16.99
New ed. (2018)
(3) PS Illustrated by Frané Lessac. Sorell and Lessac's picture book We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga (rev. 11/18) took readers through a Cherokee extended family's year. Now, in this sturdy boxed set of board books, each book focuses on a different season. The family plays in the leaves in Fall / Uligohvsdi, listens to elders tell stories in Winter / Gola, plants a garden in Spring / Gogeyi, and watches Auntie play stickball in Summer / Gogi. The brief (rewritten) text captions Lessac's homey, jewel-toned illustrations (sampled from the original picture book) on chunky pages in a universal, but culturally specific, journey through the year. For other celebrations of heritage from Black and Jewish creators, respectively, explore Your Legacy Begins: First Words to Empower (Abrams ­Appleseed) by Schele Williams, illustrated by Tonya Engel, and I Like Your Chutzpah: And Other Yiddish Words You'll Like (Rise/Penguin Workshop) by Suzy Ultman.
Reviewer: | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2018; March, 2025

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