We Are Water Protectors
by Carole Lindstrom
A protest in watercolor.
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you want your kid to learn early that standing up for something bigger than yourself is worth it
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We Are Water Protectors is a lyrical call to conscience — a children’s book that flows like a song of resistance. Inspired by Indigenous-led movements to defend the Earth’s waters, Lindstrom’s words and Goade’s luminous illustrations remind readers that protecting the planet is both an ancient duty and a modern rebellion. It’s gentle enough for young readers and fierce enough to stir grown hearts.
Where This Book Lives
Same pattern, different era
Different time, different place. The same thing keeps happening.
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Flush
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For the grown-up bookshelf
Same idea, written for a grown-up. Good for the adult in the room, too.
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The Inconvenient Indian
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I, Rigoberta Menchú
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A Maya woman testifies to a genocide in progress.
✦ READ – REFLECT → RESIST
All We Can Save
Ayana Elizabeth Johnson & Katharine Wilkinson (eds.)
Sixty women on the climate crisis. Science, poetry, grief, and action.
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