We Are Water Protectors, by Carole Lindstrom

We Are the Water Protectors, written for 3 – 6 year olds, nurtures and strengthens the inclination to safeguard Mother Earth. Written by Carole Lindstrom, tribally enrolled with the Turtle Mountain Band of Ojibwe and a fierce water protector herself, with accompanying pictures by Michaela Goade, an award-winning designer and illustrator of Tlingit descent, it is a thoughtful reflection on the interconnectedness of water and those who must care for it.

We Are Water Protectors is the 2021 winner of the Caldecott Medal for the most distinguished American picture book for children, awarded by the American Library Association. Goade, an enrolled member of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska, is the first indigenous artist to win the award.

Book Review by Patricia Campbell Carlson

Young people often show considerably more environmental concern than adults do. We see this difference in nearby matters — a child who cries when she sees a wounded deer or who reminds us to turn off the faucet while we brush our teeth — and on a global scale, too, like the young climate-change activists who have rallied around Greta Thunberg's leadership.

We Are the Water Protectors, written for 3 – 6 year olds, nurtures and strengthens this inclination to safeguard Mother Earth. . . .