Leah Marie Dorion

Présentation du livre de couverture: Un gilet métis est un vêtement. Il est comme une veste courte sans manches. Il a des boutons sur le devant. Les femmes métisses adornent les gilets avec des dessins colorés et des franges. Il y a des images de deux gilets métis dans ce livre. Lequel des deux serait plus difficile à faire d’après toi ? Pourquoi ?

Educator & Series Information
This book is part of the Strong Readers Métis Series. The Strong Readers Métis Series includes a mixture of fiction and non-fiction books that provide cultural reflections of the Métis.

This resource is also available in English: Two Métis Vests.

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ISBN: 9781771741408

Présentation du livre de couverture: Les perles sont petites. Elles sont de différentes couleurs. Nous apprenons comment perler dans ce livre.

Educator & Series Information
This book is part of the Strong Readers Métis Series. The Strong Readers Métis Series includes a mixture of fiction and non-fiction books that provide cultural reflections of the Métis.

This resource is also available in English: I Can Bead.

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ISBN: 9781771741378

Présentation du livre de couverture: La veille du jour de l’An est le 31 décembre. C’est le dernier jour de l’année. À minuit, la vieille année se termine et une nouvelle année commence. Tu vas apprendre comment les familles métisses s’amusent la veille du jour de l’An.

Educator & Series Information
This book is part of the Strong Readers Métis Series. The Strong Readers Métis Series includes a mixture of fiction and non-fiction books that provide cultural reflections of the Métis.

This resource is also available in English: A Métis New Year.

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ISBN: 9781771741392

Présentation du livre de couverture: Les mamans Métis ont beaucoup de façons de porter leurs bébés. Tu vas voir certaines façons que les mamans Métis portaient leurs bébés il y a longtemps.

Educator & Series Information
This book is part of the Strong Readers Métis Series. The Strong Readers Métis Series includes a mixture of fiction and non-fiction books that provide cultural reflections of the Métis.

This resource is also available in English: Ways to Carry A Métis Baby.

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ISBN: 9781771741422

Présentation du livre de couverture: Les Métis voyagent de différentes façons sur l’eau et sur la terre en été, en automne, en hiver et au printemps. Dans ce livre, tu vas apprendre les façons que les Métis peuvent voyager.

Educator & Series Information
This book is part of the Strong Readers Métis Series. The Strong Readers Métis Series includes a mixture of fiction and non-fiction books that provide cultural reflections of the Métis.

This resource is also available in French: Métis People Travel!

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ISBN: 9781771741361

Présentation du livre de couverture: Ce livre est au sujet d’une ceinture fléchée métisse. Cette ceinture fléchée est faite de cinq fils colorés. Les fils sont tissés ensemble. La ceinture est très forte parce que les fils sont tissés ensemble.

Educator & Series Information
This book is part of the Strong Readers Métis Series. The Strong Readers Métis Series includes a mixture of fiction and non-fiction books that provide cultural reflections of the Métis.

This resource is also available in English: My Métis Sash.

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ISBN: 9781771741354

Présentation du livre de couverture: Souvent, nous montrons de la gratitude pour les bonnes choses de la vie. Dans ce livre, tu vas lire au sujet des choses pour lesquelles les aînés métis rendent grâces.

Educator & Series Information
This book is part of the Strong Readers Métis Series. The Strong Readers Métis Series includes a mixture of fiction and non-fiction books that provide cultural reflections of the Métis.

This resource is also available in English: Giving Thanks.

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ISBN: 9781771741385

Présentation du livre de couverture: La charrette de la rivière Rouge est très forte. Les Métis la ont pour transporter des fourrures et des choses lourdes. Tu vas voir comment ils font une charrette de la rivière Rouge.

Educator & Series Information
This book is part of the Strong Readers Métis Series. The Strong Readers Métis Series includes a mixture of fiction and non-fiction books that provide cultural reflections of the Métis.

This resource is also available in English: A Red River Cart.

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ISBN: 9781771741415

Written and illustrated by award-winning, bestselling Métis author and artist, Leah Marie Dorion. Michif translation by Irma Klyne and Larry Fayant.

Five Senses for Métis Babies, by award-winning, bestselling author, and artist, Leah Marie Dorion, celebrates how we learn our Métis culture through our five senses. As caregivers share authentic and age-appropriate Métis culture, language, music, and heritage, little ones learn about who they are at an early age. It’s never too early to share meaningful cultural experiences with Métis babies so they form a strong sense of Métis identity as they grow up.

Educator Information
Five Senses for Metis Babies is recommended for preschoolers.

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20 Pages (10 with text, 10 with images) | Board Book 

During much of the nineteenth century, bison hunting was integral to the Métis’ social, economic, and political life. As “people of the buffalo,” the Métis were bison hunters par excellence. In Métis Camp Circle: A Bison Way of Life, author and artist Leah Marie Dorion transports young readers back in time when bison were the basis of Métis lifeways on the Plains. Vibrantly illustrated and infused with important cultural teachings, this charming book skillfully informs us about this important period of Métis history.

Educator Information
Grade Level: Primary (recommended by Gabriel Dumont Institute).

Dual-language: English and Michif.  Includes a CD with English and Michif narration.

Includes back matter on Bison as a Food Source; Organizing the Bison Hunt; Bison Artefacts; Pemmican; Patrice Fleury Remembrance (on the bison hunt); and more information about the author/illustrator and translator.

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43 pages 

The holiday season has always been a very special time for Métis families. A family-oriented people, the Métis often didn’t have money to buy expensive presents, but instead made practical items with much love. In this spirit, award-winning author and illustrator, Leah Marie Dorion takes readers back to the Métis tradition of making mittens for loved ones. Métis Christmas Mittens is a touching ode to Métis family life is accompanied by Leah’s distinctive and evocative art.

Educator Information
Michif Translation by Norman Fleury 
Format: English/Michif

Mother Earth: Colouring and Activity Book, by artist Leah Marie Dorion gives people the opportunity to explore and discover Indigenous culture through colouring. Leah states, “In my youth I was able to express my creativity through colouring. During my childhood there were very few colouring books, if any, representing Indigenous culture and our traditional teachings about Mother Earth and the environment. Therefore, I created this book to stimulate the curiousity of children and to inspire them to learn about Indigenous environmental teachings and worldview.”

Leah Marie Dorion’s My First Métis Lobstick takes young readers back to Canada’s fur trade era by focusing on a Métis family’s preparations for a lobstick celebration and feast in the boreal forest. Through the eyes of a young boy, we see how important lobstick making and ceremony was to the Métis community. From the Great Lakes to the present-day Northwest Territories, lobstick poles—important cultural and geographical markers, which merged Cree, Ojibway, and French-Canadian traditions—dotted the landscape of our great northern boreal forest. This little-known aspect of Métis history vividly comes to life through Leah Marie Dorion’s crisp prose and stunning gallery-quality artwork.

Educator Information
This is a dual-language picture book delivered in English and Michif.  It includes a CD.

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72 pages | 10.98" x 8.54" | Michif translation by Normal Fleury

My Little Métis Sleepy Horse is a bedtime story in a board book format that is best read aloud by adult caregivers to small children. Horse stories are an important theme in Métis oral history and telling horse-themed stories can help reconnect children to their Métis cultural roots on the high plains. Award-winning, bestselling author, and artist, Leah Marie Dorion captures our connection to horses through her vivid paintings.

Educator Information
Dual-language: English and Michif

Michif Translators: Irma Klyne and Larry Fayant

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24 Pages | 5.5" x 7" | Board Book

Relatives With Roots: A Story About Métis Women’s Connection to the Land is a heartfelt story about a Métis grandmother who takes her granddaughter out into the bush to teach her how to pick traditional medicines. As the granddaughter learns the traditional beliefs and stories about how the Métis people use the plants for food and medicine, she feels happy to be a Métis child with access to such wonderful cultural knowledge. This charming and vibrant book introduces young readers to key concepts in the traditional Métis worldview while focusing on the special relationship between a young Métis girl and her grandmother. Relatives With Roots is the second in a series of children’s books relating to traditional Métis values by Leah Marie Dorion. The first book, The Giving Tree: A Retelling of a Traditional Métis Story, was nominated in 2010 for a Willow Award in the Shining Willow category.

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61 Pages | 28 cm x 21.5 cm