The Eric Carle Museum, Special Storytime

About this event

During her weekly car ride with her grandmother from the city to the reservation, a young Native girl ponders the moon that seems to follow them. Each week, she looks forward to listening to her grandmother’s warm, soothing voice as she sings and tells stories. Tonight, her grandmother teaches her about Grandmother Moon, her significance, and why we honor her. Join author Wunneanatsu Lamb-Cason (Schaghticoke/HoChunk) as she shares her picture book Grandmother Moon, a story that preserves Indigenous histories and teachings within a modern setting. Storytime will be followed by a discussion with Lamb-Cason and her daughter about the family ties, inspiration and intergenerational collaboration behind the book. Book signing to follow program. Can’t make the event? You may reserve signed books online. This program is presented in cooperation with Aquinnah Cultural Center, and is made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services and Mass Humanities through the Massachusetts Cultural Council. Who You’ll Meet Wunneanatsu Lamb-Cason Wunneanatsu Lamb-Cason (Schaghticoke/HoChunk) is an award-winning educator, traditional storyteller, author, and advocate whose work centers on historical truth-telling, representation, and equity in education. An enrolled citizen of the Schaghticoke Tribal Nation and owner of Eastern Woodlands Education Consultants, LLC, she works to advance culturally responsive teaching practices, with a particular focus on the accurate and inclusive representation of Indigenous histories. A former high school history teacher, she was named the 2024 National History Teacher of the Year by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History—the first Indigenous educator to receive this distinction. She now serves as the Assistant Director of Native American and Indigenous Studies at Brown University.

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