{"product_id":"far-from-the-forest-tracy-hauff-9781956981025","title":"Far from the Forest","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFar from the Forest\u003c\/i\u003e is about the adventures of Kimimila (Mimi), a monarch butterfly. Mimi has emerged from her hibernation deep in the forest of Michoac?n, Mexico, where she is befriended by Juan, a tree frog, who helps her prepare for her journey to America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe travels the migration path of her ancestors and is blown off course by a thunderstorm that separates her from the Monarch swarm. Upon crashing into a chokecherry tree, her wing becomes caught on a branch. Frightened and alone, she has no idea where she is or who will help her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Lakota tale soars!\u003c\/b\u003e Oglala Lakota author Tracy Hauff weaves a story of Kimimila, a monarch butterfly, on her incredible journey from Mexico to the Pine Ridge Reservation. Breathtaking illustrations by Spirit Lake Dakota artist Ame Myles bring this colorful migration to life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e--\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the author: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTracy Hauff is an enrolled member of the Oglala Lakota Tribe, Pine Ridge, South Dakota, and a contributor to museum exhibits created by the Center for American Indian Research and Native Studies (CAIRNS). She is the author of \"Touch the Pen,\" published in the \u003ci\u003eArticles of a Treaty\u003c\/i\u003e, \"The Sunflower,\" published in \u003ci\u003eThe Gift\u003c\/i\u003e, and \"These Men,\" published in \u003ci\u003eNavigating Narratives, The Corps of Discovery in Teton Territory\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHolding great respect for Uŋč? Makh? (Grandmother Earth), Tracy is passionate about saving the rainforests, indigenous homelands, and endangered species. She resides on treaty land in the sacred Black Hills.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e--\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the illustrator: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAm? Myles is an enrolled member of the Spirit Lake Dakota Tribe of North Dakota. She is a mixed-media artist who has been creating art in various forms since childhood. Self-taught, she works with a variety of materials including watercolors, ink, colored pencils and natural fibers with a focus on portraiture and the human form. She currently resides on Dakota homelands in Saint Paul, MN. Her work can be found at \u003ci\u003eamemyles\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tracy Hauff\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1956981020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781956981025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wiyounkihipi Productions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/15\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 32\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Tracy Hauff","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46025005531391,"sku":"9781956981025","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_aa052c83-1188-44b3-a322-b3c4e072f797.jpg?v=1723129742","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/far-from-the-forest-tracy-hauff-9781956981025","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}