Learning to Carve Argillite (Sk'ad'a Stories #2)

by Sara Florence Davidson (Author) Janine Gibbons (Illustrator)

Learning to Carve Argillite (Sk'ad'a Stories #2)
Reading Level: 2nd − 3rd Grade
Series: Sk'ad'a Stories

Based on Haida artist Robert Davidson's own childhood experiences, this beautiful story highlights learning through observation, as well as the role of Elders in sharing knowledge and mentorship.

Learning to carve is a lifelong journey. With the help of his father and grandfather, a boy on Haida Gwaii practises to become a skillful carver. As he carefully works on a new piece, he remembers a trip to Slatechuck Mountain to gather the argillite, as well as his father's words about the importance of looking back to help us find our way.

Written by the creators of Potlatch as Pedagogy, this book brings the Sk'ad'a Principles to life through the art of Janine Gibbons.

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Review quotes

A quiet, beautiful meditation on how traditions are kept alive by passing them down from one generation to the next, by remembering the ways things were so we can more clearly see the way things can be. Shaped by youth, under the watchful guidance of Elders, like etchings in argillite.

—David A. Robertson
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781553799849
Lexile Measure
920
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Highwater Press
Publication date
September 28, 2021
Series
Sk'ad'a Stories
BISAC categories
JUV013030 - Juvenile Fiction | Family | Multigenerational
JUV003000 - Juvenile Fiction | Art & Architecture
JUV035000 - Juvenile Fiction | School & Education
JUV030090 - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | Canada - Native Canadian
Library of Congress categories
Picture books
British Columbia
Social life and customs
Indigenous peoples
Intergenerational relations
Experiential learning
Haida Gwaii
Carving (Decorative arts)

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