Toypurina
Japchivit Leader, Medicine Woman, Tongva Rebel
$58.87
- Hardcover
40 pages
- Release Date
1 October 2024
Summary
Tired of being subjected to Spanish colonization, medicine woman Toypurina led a revolt against the San Gabriel mission in California on October 25, 1785. This bold picture book highlights an important, lesser-known leader in Indigenous history. Lushly illustrated by Tongva artist Katie Dorame.
Includes educational back matter to enhance the reader’s experience.
Toypurina grew up in the village of Japchivit, where everyone had a role to play. She loved to gather elderberries f…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781499814668 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1499814666 |
| Author: | Cheyenne M. Stone, Glenda Armand, Katie Dorame |
| Publisher: | Little Bee Books Inc. |
| Imprint: | Little Bee Books Inc. |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 40 |
| Release Date: | 1 October 2024 |
| Weight: | 472g |
| Dimensions: | 254mm x 254mm x 10mm |
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Critics Review
A standard telling of an anything-but-standard story, this biography of a courageous medicine woman would be especially valuable in a school collections. * School Library Journal *Detailed illustrations fill most pages, with the engaging story running alongside… . Makes for a great read-aloud and offers a fresh perspective on Indigenous women’s leadership. * Booklist *Stone’s (Paiute) generous narrative illuminates an important eighteenth-century Indigenous figure. Saturated, hand-painted illustrations rich with historical details bring the era to life. * Horn Book Review *
About The Author
Cheyenne M. Stone
Cheyenne M. Stone is a Paiute who lives on the Big Pine Reservation in Inyo County, California, and she is very active in tribal affairs. She practices and teaches jewelry making, basket weaving, and holistic medicine. Additionally, she is an ethnographer who is involved in K-12 education, and she enjoys writing for children.
Glenda Armand has had a long career as both a teacher and school librarian in California, near the San Gabriel Mission that Toypurina rebelled against. She has been an active member of the SCBWI since 1998 and writes picture book biographies about people of color who overcome incredible odds to achieve great things. Her first book, Love Twelve Miles Long, received Lee and Low’s New Voices Award. Her second book, Ira’s Shakespeare Dream, received a starred review from School Library Journal. She is also the author of Song in a Rainstorm: The Story of Musical Prodigy Thomas “Blind Tom” Wiggins and Black Leaders of the Civil Rights Movement.
Katie Dorame is a Tongva artist of mixed ancestry–Indigenous and European American, born in Los Angeles, currently living and working in Oakland. Her work focuses on Indigenous representation, mythology, and Hollywood narratives. Dorame’s work has been exhibited at Shulamit Nazarian in Los Angeles, the National Willa Cather Center in Nebraska, Form & Concept in Santa Fe, and the Handwerker Gallery at Ithaca College in New York, in addition to Slash Art, Anglim Trimble, Southern Exposure, Galería de la Raza, Guerrero Gallery, and the Thacher Gallery in San Francisco. She received her MFA from the California College of the Arts and her BA from UCSC.
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