We Are Water Protectors

Reviewed by Lara Saguisag

Review Source: Climate Lit
Book Author: Carole Lindstrom

“Water is alive. / Water remembers our ancestors / Who came before us, she said.”

This Caldecott award winner highlights water not just an important natural resource but as a sacred, living element that sustains and binds all together plants, animals, and humans. When the construction of an oil pipeline —depicted as a monstrous black snake —threatens to “spoil the water” and harm the plants, animals, and humans who depend on the water, a Native girl commits to becoming Earth’s steward, rallying and joining others to defeat the black snake. Continue reading.

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We Are Water Protectors by Carole Lindstrom
Published by Roaring Brook Press on March 17, 2020
Genres: Activism, American Indians First Nations Metis Inuit, Environment
Pages: 40
Reading Level: Grade K, Grades 1-2
ISBN: 9781250780997
Review Source: Climate Lit
Also by this author: My Powerful Hair

Publisher's Synopsis: Winner of the 2021 Caldecott Medal#1 New York Times Bestseller

Inspired by the many Indigenous-led movements across North America, We Are Water Protectors issues an urgent rallying cry to safeguard the Earth’s water from harm and corruption — a bold and lyrical picture book written by Carole Lindstrom and vibrantly illustrated by Michaela Goade.

Water is the first medicine.It affects and connects us all . . .

When a black snake threatens to destroy the Earth And poison her people’s water, one young water protector takes a stand to defend Earth’s most sacred resource.