Description

New York Times bestseller!

A Chicago Public Library Best of the Best Book

This unique baby book sings with Native cultural detail, while striking a universal chord in its celebration of the blossoming of love that comes with expecting and welcoming a new baby–with art by New York Times bestselling illustrator and Caldecott Medalist Michaela Goade

 
As she waits for the arrival of her new baby, a mother-to-be gathers gifts to create a sacred bundle. A white feather, cedar and sage, a stone from the river . . .

Each addition to the bundle will offer the new baby strength and connection to tradition, family, and community. As they grow together, mother and baby will each have gifts to offer each other.

Tasha Spillett and Michaela Goade, two Indigenous creators, bring beautiful words and luminous art together in a resonant celebration of the bond between mother and child.

Praise

*"Gorgeous, shimmering, heartfelt." —Kirkus, starred review
*"...will make a beautiful gift for an expecting family." —Shelf Awareness, starred review
*"A tender celebration of parenthood." —Publishers Weekly, starred review
*"I Sang You Down From the Stars marvelously conveys not only the bonds between mother and child but also the multitude of connections that await every childB>connections to family, community and Earth itself." —BookPage, starred review
*"The care and love felt through the pages of the illustrations are dreamlike and ethereal." —School Library Journal, starred review
"This story will be appreciated wherever newborns are celebrated." —Booklist
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Leonard Sumner sings "We Sang You Down from the Stars"