Liselotte Erdrich

About the Author

Includes the name: Lise Erdrich

Works by Liselotte Erdrich

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Sacagawea (2003) 104 copies

Bears Make Rock Soup: And Other Stories (2002) 27 copies

Bears Make Rock Soup (2014) 16 copies

Night Train (2008) 15 copies

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Associated Works

Sing: Poetry from the Indigenous Americas (2011) — Contributor — 26 copies

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19th century (2) 3rd to 5th Grade-Ages 8 to 11 (1) adventure (2) Ages 08-09 (1) animals (4) ARC (1) bears (4) biography (14) children's (5) Children's Materials (1) Corps of Discovery (2) Cultural Diversity-Transracial (1) Culture Connection Collection (1) education (2) explorers (2) fiction (5) First Nations (1) food traditions (1) history (6) indigenous (3) journey (2) Kindergarten to 2nd Grade-Ages 5 to 7 (1) Level 25 (1) Lewis and Clark (11) multicultural (2) Native American (8) Native American stories (2) Native Americans (10) non-fiction (4) picture book (7) S (2) Sacagawea (13) Shoshone (3) Shoshone Indians (3) Tall Tales and Folk Tales (1) to-read (2) TQ (2) tribal (1) USA (2) westward expansion (2)

Common Knowledge

Gender: female
Nationality: USA
Occupations: children's book author
Relationships: Erdrich, Louise (sister)
Erdrich, Heid E. (sister)
Dorris, Michael (brother-in-law)

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Bears Make Rock Soup by Lise Erdrich

This is a collection of stories that honor Native American traditions. This book pays respects to everything beneath the skies.

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StephanieAllery | 1 other review | Feb 24, 2023 |

Sacagawea (Carter G Woodson Award Book (Awards)) by Liselotte Erdrich

This historical picture book focuses on the courage, composure, and intelligence of Sacagawea as she assists the Lewis and Clark expedition navigate across North America to the Pacific Ocean. The book focuses on her skills and contributions, along with her transcendence beyond a traditional female role. She becomes a critical and integral part of their mission's success through her language skills of translation and interpretation, along with her navigational abilities.

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Kathrin.McCoy | 8 other reviews | Oct 18, 2017 |

Bears Make Rock Soup by Lise Erdrich

"Bear Makes Rock Soup," is a collection of old tales from Native American Women. Each story has the traditions of Native American culture laced through it. Animals played a huge role in this culture, so the author made sure to include animals importance to tribe traditions.

The paintings were very well done, and captured the spirit of the text behind it.

While I appreciate what the stories are about and where they come from, I think this book would be hard for a child to swallow whole. If I were to read this to my students, I would break the stories up throughout the week if I was teaching about the Native Americans.… (more)

½

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ShelbyNicks | 1 other review | Sep 27, 2017 |

Sacagawea (Carter G Woodson Award Book (Awards)) by Liselotte Erdrich

This is a book that goes into great detail about the life of Sacagawea and her journey with Lewis and Clark.

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morganlasher | 8 other reviews | Apr 21, 2017 |

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