Book Description
for I Sang You Down from the Stars by Tasha Spillett and Michaela Goade
From Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)
A distinctive story is told in second person in the voice of an Inniniwak (Cree) mother who is looking forward to the birth of her first child. As the nine months pass, the mother gathers items for her baby’s medicine bundle, poetically explaining the significance and power of each item. After the baby is born, these items are reiterated as she prepares the baby to be welcomed by family and friends. “I saw that you, my baby, are also a sacred bundle. You are my baby bundle.” The narrative is well matched by the illustrations, both emotive and dreamy. The author and illustrator are both Indigenous, from different Nations, and their notes speak to how the story connects to their own specific traditions, as well as to many Indigenous traditions that hold the belief that babies choose their own parents. (Ages 3-6)
CCBC Choices 2022. © Cooperative Children's Book Center, Univ. of Wisconsin - Madison, 2022. Used with permission.