"Whispers of the Ancients" wins big at Midwest Book Awards
On May 11th, author Tamarack Song and illustrator Moses (Amik) Beaver’s Whisper of the Ancients: Native Tales for Teaching and Healing in our Time won three Midwest Independent Publishers Awards in the categories of Coffee Table Books, Social Studies, and Illustration.
Entries were at a record high among the 12 states represented at this year's award. Whispers of the Ancients placed first in Coffee Table Books, Social Science, and Illustration. It was a finalist for Culture, Inspiration/Gift Books, and Midwest Regional Interest.
Whispers of the Ancients is also a Nautilus Book Awards 2011 Gold Winner in the Multicultural/Indigenous category.
Whispers of the Ancients is filled with narratives inspired by the retelling of Indian stories and legends, with gorgeous artwork. Thanks to Tamarack Song's storytelling skills, monsters, heroes, and shapeshifters come alive and open a doorway to the mysteries of life. Stunning Aboriginal artwork by Moses (Amik) Beaver combines with provocative storytelling to renew, in all their traditional splendor, exceptional legends from around the world. Entertaining, profound, passionate, glorious—these are stories of the North African and Central Asian tribal peoples illustrate and evoke themes common to everyone's life, with an ancient wisdom that helps the listener to cope with today's opportunities for tenderness, grief, passion, and irony.
