{"product_id":"encounter-9780316449182","title":"Encounter","description":"\u003cb\u003eA powerful imagining by two Native creators of a first encounter between two very different people that celebrates our ability to acknowledge difference and find common ground--with art by \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling illustrator and Caldecott Medalist Michaela Goade\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBased on the real journal kept by French explorer Jacques Cartier in 1534, \u003ci\u003eEncounter\u003c\/i\u003e imagines a first meeting between a French sailor and a Stadaconan fisher. As they navigate their differences, the wise animals around them note their similarities, illuminating common ground. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis extraordinary imagining by Brittany Luby, Professor of Indigenous History, is paired with stunning art by Michaela Goade, winner of 2018 American Indian Youth Literature Best Picture Book Award. \u003ci\u003eEncounter\u003c\/i\u003e is a luminous telling from two Indigenous creators that invites readers to reckon with the past, and to welcome, together, a future that is yet unchartered. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrittany Luby\u003c\/b\u003e (Anishinaabe-kwe) is is the author of several acclaimed books including \u003ci\u003eMii maanda ezhi-gkendmaanh \/ This Is How I Know\u003c\/i\u003e, illustrated by Joshua Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley. She is the many great-granddaughter of Chief Kawitaskung, a leader who negotiated the North-West Angle Treaty of 1873. With a pen stroke, Kawitaskung agreed to share parts of what is now northwestern Ontario with settlers and their descendants. Because of her many great-grandfather, Brittany believes that words are a powerful tool. Brittany writes for social justice and is an assistant professor of history at the University of Guelph in Canada. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichaela Goade\u003c\/b\u003e (Tlingit) is a Caldecott Medalist and a #1 New York Times bestselling artist. She is the illustrator of a number of award-winning and bestselling books, including \u003ci\u003eWe Are Water Protectors \u003c\/i\u003eby Carole Lindstrom and her own\u003ci\u003e Berry Song\u003c\/i\u003e. She is from the Raven moiety and Kiks.ádi clan from Sitka, Alaska, where she currently lives. She invites you to visit her online at michaelagoade.com.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Little, Brown Books for Young Readers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50655379095826,"sku":"9780316449182","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_58657c14-b5ce-4b7f-9172-d180e1539347.jpg?v=1733380182","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/encounter-9780316449182","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}