Willie Poll Bücher

In this beautiful and empowering book, a young Indigenous girl goes on a transformative journey through the forest, with the help of her ancestors.

Focusing on environmental themes, this teacher lesson plan enhances the story of a young Indigenous water protector who embarks on an underwater journey to learn from ocean life. Upon her return, she rallies her community for change. The plan includes comprehension questions, group activities, and coloring pages, providing a comprehensive educational experience that encourages engagement with the narrative and its important messages about conservation and community action.

A young Indigenous water protector named Minnow goes on an underwater journey; learning from our ocean-living relatives. When she returns to the surface, she gathers her community to help make a change. This story is told in lyrical rhyme and helps children gain a better respect for Indigenous water and land protectors, the environment and world around them, and helps show children activism at an early age.