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Summary
Summary
Everyone is welcome in the circle.
In this warmhearted book, we join Molly at the Intertribal Community Center, where she introduces us to people she knows and loves: her grandmother and her grandmother's wife, her uncles and their baby, her cousins, and her treasured friends.
They dance, sing, garden, learn, pray, and eat together. And tonight, they come together for a feast! Molly shares with the reader how each person makes her feel--and reminds us that love is love.
Through tender prose and radiant artwork, author Monique Gray Smith (Cree/Lakota) and illustrator Nicole Neidhardt (Diné) show how there is always room for others in our lives. Circle of Love is a story celebrating family, friends, community, and, most of all, love.
Includes an author's note, contextual notes, and glossary.
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Publisher's Weekly Review
At the intertribal community center--where, repeating phrases note, "love is love"--an Indigenous child gathers with community and family for a feast in this warmly inclusive picture book. As the event progresses, emotionally aware lines detail how Molly feels. "When Kôhkom and her wife, Kôhkom Raven, sing a welcome song, I feel connected"; reading books to babies results in a feeling of kindness; and watching Molly's uncles play with their baby reveals an experience of love. Further activities include artistic activities, time spent outside, and Native traditions ("When I smell the sweetgrass burning, I feel peace. When I watch my parents prepare for ceremony, I feel respect"). Via Molly's iterative first-person lines, two-spirit Cree/Lakota author Smith creates a loving environment with plentiful queer representation. In digital illustrations, two-spirit illustrator Neidhardt, who is Diné, uses bold, bright colors to convey the celebration as well as the love that surrounds the intersectionally inclusive community. An author's note concludes alongside more about community centers, Indigenous cultural practices, two-spirit identity, and more. Ages 4--8. (Mar.)