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The First Blade of Sweetgrass

Suzanne Greenlaw, Gabriel Frey, illustrated by Nancy Baker

Musquon gathers sweetgrass with her grandmother in a salt marsh. As she learns to tell sweetgrass apart from the surrounding grasses, she must work through her impatience. The landscape gradually brings her a sense of calm, and she follows an ancestral practice by leaving the first blade she finds to grow for future generations. Back matter discusses traditional basket making and includes a Wabanaki glossary.

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Book details

Lexile Text Measure
511L
ATOS Book Level
3.4
AR Interest Level
LG
AR Points
0.5
Fountas & Pinnell Text Level
N
Themes
Cultural Heritage · Family · Grandparents And Generations · Nature · Plants And Gardening
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Tilbury House Publishers
Published
August 10, 2021
Pages
32
ISBN-13
9780884487609
Language
English
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