Kii Leonard sits in his favorite juniper tree listening to an old radio his grandfather Pipa has given him. Suddenly, he hears Pipa calling him.
“Listen to me, Kii Leonard. There is something wrong with the sun. The sun has died today.”
Sunpainters: Eclipse of the Navajo Sun invites the reader to sit with Kii as he experiences a total solar eclipse and learns how to show respect for Mother Earth the Navajo Way.
Whitethorne’s illustrations lend vivid color to his first written children’s story, timely for readers wondering about recent earthquakes, floods, and forest fires.