{"id":8291223077101,"title":"Kindred Spirits: Shilombish Ittibachvffa","handle":"kindred-spirits-shilombish-ittibachvffa","description":"\u003ch6\u003eComing July 9, 2024. Pre-order today!\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - ENTER AUTHOR\/ILLUSTRATOR INFO BELOW - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy: \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/leslie-stall-widener\"\u003eLeslie Stall Widener\u003c\/a\u003e \/ Illustrated by: \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/johnson-yazzie\"\u003eJohnson Yazzie\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - ENTER HEADING BELOW - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cb\u003eThose who feel the same are kindred spirits. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - ENTER DESCRIPTION BELOW - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1845. The Potato Famine devastated Ireland. An ocean away, Choctaw people heard and were moved by the similarities to the injustice they had suffered on the Trail of Tears. 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Kindred Spirits: Shilombish Ittibachvffa

Coming July 9, 2024. Pre-order today!

By: Leslie Stall Widener / Illustrated by: Johnson Yazzie

Those who feel the same are kindred spirits.

1845. The Potato Famine devastated Ireland. An ocean away, Choctaw people heard and were moved by the similarities to the injustice they had suffered on the Trail of Tears. Though they had little, they gathered money to donate.

2017. Irish people built a statue to remember their connection to the Choctaw Nation—twenty-foot high feathers in the shape of a bowl.

2020. COVID-19 disproportionately ravaged the Navajo Nation and the Hopi Tribe. Irish people remembered the Choctaws' kindness and paid it forward by donating millions of dollars to support water access and basic services.

A nonfiction picture book about the inspiring true pay-it-forward story that bridges two continents, 175 years, and two events in history—connecting Ireland, Choctaw Nation, Navajo Nation, and the Hopi Tribe.

Maximum quantity available reached.

Leslie Stall Widener, author

Leslie Stall Widener is a citizen of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. She has illustrated six Choctaw-related picture books: Chukfi Rabbit’s Big, Bad Bellyache; The Turkey Who Liked to Show Off; Why the Turtle Has Cracks on His Back; The Story of Tanchi; Why the Possum Has No Hair on His Tail; and Why Rabbit Has a Short Tail. Leslie lives in McKinney, Texas, with her artist husband, Terry Widener.

Read more about Leslie.


Johnson Yazzie, illustrator

Born on the Navajo Nation in Pinon, Arizona, Johnson Yazzie's interest in creation began in childhood and led to a lifelong career in fine art as a painter, bronze sculptor, and illustrator. Johnson illustrated Yossel's Journey by Kathryn Lasky. The Navajo word hózhó means balance, harmony, beauty. It is the word by which he lives.

Read more about Johnson.

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Hardcover
ISBN: 978-1-62354-396-9

Ages: 5-8
count: 32
11 x 9

Publication date: July 9, 2024