


She also has contributed to numerous anthologies for children and teens.

Her 2023 titles include the nonfiction picture book biography Contenders: Two Native Baseball Players, One World Series, illustrated by Arigon Starr, the fiction middle grade novel in verse Mascot, co-authored with poet Charles Waters, and three prior titles in Spanish - Clasificado, Estamos Agradecidos, and Indio No Más. Description Standards 24 Reviews Q&A More from Picture Book Brain Description A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the narrative nonfiction biography mentor text book We Are Still Here Native American Truths Everyone Should Know by Traci Sorell and Frane Lessac. Traci is an enrolled citizen of the Cherokee Nation and lives in her tribe's reservation in northeast Oklahoma. The story begins by outlining early assimilation practices, and continues through today's sovereign resurgence and advocacy. TRACI SORELL is the award-winning, best selling author of We Are Still Here! Native American Truths Everyone Should Know (American Indian Youth Literature Award (AIYLA) and Sibert Honor book) Classified: The Secret Career of Mary Golda Ross, Cherokee Aerospace Engineer (AIYLA and Orbis Pictus Honor book) At the Mountain's Base (AIYLA Honor book) We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga (which is a Sibert, Orbis Pictus, Boston Globe-Horn Book and AIYLA honor book) Powwow Day (ALA Notable Children's Book) She Persisted: Wilma Mankiller and the co-author of Indian No More (AIYLA Middle Grade Winner and 2020 Global Read Aloud Winner for upper elementary). We are Still Here covers an oft overlooked part of Native American history: recent history, post colonialism. We Are Still Here Native American Truths Everyone Should Know By Traci Sorell (Cherokee) Illustrated by illustrated by Fran Lessac Published by Charlesbridge Publishing, Inc.
