Trickster: Native American Tales, a Graphic Collection family life Meticulous research informs all of

Meticulous research informs all of his illustration work

Connecting with the earth is very important to me

and homeschooling her kids

Mado and Charles both desperately wanted children

Her picture books have been shortlisted for many awards

Trickster: Native American Tales, a Graphic Collection family life Meticulous research informs all of2010 Maverick Award winner, 2011 Aesop Prize Winner Children's folklore section, and a 2011 Eisner Award Nominee. All cultures have tales of the trickster a crafty creature or being who uses cunning to get food, steal precious possessions, or simply cause mischief. He disrupts the order of things, often humiliating others and sometimes himself. In Native American traditions, the trickster takes many forms, from coyote or rabbit to raccoon or raven.