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By Brittany Luby

Illustrated by Michaela Goade

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A powerful imagining by two Native creators of a first encounter between two very different people that celebrates our ability to acknowledge difference and find common ground–with art by New York Times bestselling illustrator and Caldecott Medalist Michaela Goade

Based on the real journal kept by French explorer Jacques Cartier in 1534, Encounter imagines a first meeting between a French sailor and a Stadaconan fisher. As they navigate their differences, the wise animals around them note their similarities, illuminating common ground.

This extraordinary imagining by Brittany Luby, Professor of Indigenous History, is paired with stunning art by Michaela Goade, winner of 2018 American Indian Youth Literature Best Picture Book Award. Encounter is a luminous telling from two Indigenous creators that invites readers to reckon with the past, and to welcome, together, a future that is yet unchartered.

  • *"...needs to be shared."
    School Library Connection, starred review
  • "Luby's (Anishinaabe) creative reimagining of historical events is brought to life by Goade's (Tlingit) vibrant multimedia illustrations, which weave Fisher and Sailor brilliantly into their jewel-toned surroundings."
    Kirkus
  • "The illustrations are gorgeous and achingly rendered. The author, Brittany Luby, is of Anishinaabe descent and the illustrator, Michaela Goade, is Tlingit. Together they have created a standout."
    New York Times Book Review
  • "Eye-catching illustrations and a low-key but thought-provoking story could stimulate group sharing about ways we interact with people from other cultures."
    Booklist

On Sale
Oct 1, 2019
Page Count
40 pages
Publisher
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN-13
9780316449182

Brittany Luby

About the Author

Brittany Luby, of Anishinaabe descent, was raised on Treaty #3 Lands in what is now known as northwestern Ontario. She is the author of several acclaimed books including Encounter, illustrated by Michaela Goade, and Mii maanda ezhi-gkendmaanh / This Is How I Know, illustrated by Joshua Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley. She is a professor of history at the University of Guelph and currently lives in Ontario, on Dish with One Spoon Territory.

Natasha Donovan is a Métis illustrator originally from Vancouver, British Columbia. She has illustrated several celebrated books including Borders by Thomas King and Surviving the City by Tasha Spillett-Sumner.  She lives by the Nooksack River in Washington State.
 

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Michaela Goade

Michaela Goade

About the Illustrator

Michaela Goade (Tlingit) is an award-winning designer and illustrator. She has illustrated a number of picture books including Shanyaak’utlaax: Salmon Boy, winner of the 2018 American Indian Youth Literature Best Picture Book Award, and the New York Times bestselling and Caldecott Award-winning book, We Are Water Protectors. She lives in Juneau, Alaska.

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