Jay Odjick

La bande dessinée Kagagi: The Raven (Arcana Comics, 2011), écrite et illustrée par l’artiste anishinabe Jay Odjick, est enfin traduite en français par Catherine Ego.La traduction de cette bande dessinée était attendue, surtout à la suite de son adaptation télévisuelle en dessins animés pour le réseau de télévision autochtone APTN, en 2014. Matthew Carver, jeune Autochtone de seize ans, mène une vie plus que normale : le secondaire, les questions existentielles de l’adolescence et les histoires de cœur. Sa vie bascule le jour où il apprend qu’il a hérité d’anciens pouvoirs et qu’il doit empêcher le Windigo de détruire la planète. Matthew n’a d’autre choix que de suivre sa destinée et de devenir Kagagi.L’univers bien connu des super-héros est ici revisité, permettant aux jeunes issus des Premières Nations de se reconnaître dans ce personnage qui partage, en quelque sorte, leur réalité, leurs mythes. Odjick remet en scène la légende du Windigo, laquelle voulait qu’un homme se transformait en être surnaturel et malveillant après avoir consommé de la chair humaine.

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Graphic Novel / Comic Book 

Donovan is hungry for a special kind of breakfast . . . BEAR!

It’s breakfast time and Donovan knows exactly what he wants this morning! Not eggs, not pancakes, not cereal. No, what he wants is BEAR, just like his grandfather used to eat for breakfast!  

So Donovan sets off to bag a bear of his own, going on an adventurous hunt through the woods, where he stalks and is stalked by an ant, a squirrel, and a dog — but they are not bears, so he shoos them away!

When Donovan finally meets a real, big and growling bear, he quickly learns that sometimes breakfast tastes best when it doesn’t have any teeth!

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This story was inspired by Donovan, a first-grader in La Loche, Saskatchewan, a Chippewan community in northern Saskatchewan that Robert Munsch visited in January, 1990. When Robert asked what the kids liked to eat, Donovan said that he liked to eat BEAR!

This resource is also available in French: Un ours pour dejeuner!

This book is also available in English and Algonquin:Bear for Breakfast / Makwa kidji kijeba wisiniyan

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32 pages

Donovan is hungry for a special kind of breakfast . . . Makwa!

It’s breakfast time and Donovan knows exactly what he wants this morning! Not eggs, not pancakes, not cereal. No, what he wants is BEAR, just like his grandfather used to eat for breakfast!

So Donovan sets off to bag a bear of his own, going on an adventurous hunt through the woods, where he stalks and is stalked by an ant, a squirrel, and a dog — but they are not bears, so he shoos them away!

When Donovan finally meets a real, big and growling bear, he quickly learns that sometimes breakfast tastes best when it doesn’t have any teeth!

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This dual-language edition includes both the original English text and an Algonquin translation.

This story was inspired by Donovan, a first-grader in in La Loche, a community in northern Saskatchewan that Robert Munsch visited in January, 1990. When Robert asked what the kids liked to eat, Donovan said that he liked to eat BEAR! Illustrator Jay Odjick is a member of the Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg First Nation and the creator of the Algonquin Word of the Day series.

This book is available in English only as Bear for Breakfast.

This resource is also available in French as Un ours pour dejeuner!

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32 pages | 8.00" x 10.00"

Helen loves springtime - except for the gazillions of blackflies and mosquitoes. But she has a plan. . .

One day Helen wakes up and it's SPRING! The snow has melted and the sun is shining. But Helen knows that the blackflies will be coming out soon. So she does what any smart kid would do: she sends her little sister outdoors to check! When the blackflies and mosquitoes carry her away, Helen tells her dad, who rushes outside and is carried away himself. Now Helen needs to rescue BOTH of them, along with a wolf and a very clever bear. . .

Reviews
Munsch "uses a narrative shared with him by a First Nations family he met in Fort McMurray in 1996, and utilizes illustrations by First Nations artist Jay Odjick to help tell the story." - Andrea Smith, Windspeaker.com

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Robert Munsch met Helen in Fort McMurray, where there are a lot of blackflies in the spring! Jay Odjick, an Algonquin artist, drew from his childhood experiences in illustrating this book: as a kid, he spent many hours indoors learning to draw as he hid from the blackflies and mosquitoes! Jay incorporated some First Nations decor and visuals to Helen's house and in his illustrations of her dad. Also fuzzy moose slippers, which he would love to own a pair of!

Recommended Ages: 3-8

This resource is also available in French: Vilains maringouins!

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32 pages | 8.01" x 9.95"

Henry’s favourite time of year is Halloween! He is ready to go out and trick-or-treat on the rez in his brand new werewolf costume. He loves his costume so much he wishes he was a real werewolf. But, when his wish comes true, he slowly begins to realize he may have made the wrong decision….

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24 Pages | Paperback 

Autrefois, le grand-père d'Antoine mangeait de l'ours pour déjeuner… mais puisqu'il n'y en a pas dans le réfrigérateur, Antoine décide d'en attraper un lui-même!

Dans cette aventure étonnante, le jeune Antoine aperçoit tour à tour une fourmi, un écureuil et un chien, mais comme il ne s'agit pas d'ours, il les repousse chaque fois. Quand il tombe sur un énorme ours qui gronde en sa direction, Antoine court se réfugier chez lui, mais la bête le suit jusque dans la cuisine!

C'est finalement son grand-père qui fera fuir l'animal en le frappant sur la tête avec une poêle à frire. BOÏNG! La famille peut alors savourer un succulent déjeuner qui n'a pas de dents : de la pizza!

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This book is available in English as Bear for Breakfast.

This book is also available in English and Algonquin: Bear for Breakfast / Makwa kidji kijeba wisiniyan

Recommended ages: 3-8.

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32 pages

Le printemps est une saison merveilleuse, si ce n'est l'arrivée de milliards de mouches noires et de maringouins. Mais Hélène a une solution.

One day Helen wakes up and it's SPRING! The snow has melted and the sun is shining. But Helen knows that the blackflies will be coming out soon. So she does what any smart kid would do: she sends her little sister outdoors to check! When the blackflies and mosquitoes carry her away, Helen tells her dad, who rushes outside and is carried away himself. Now Helen needs to rescue BOTH of them, along with a wolf and a very clever bear...

Educator Information
This resource is also available in English as Blackflies.

Recommended Ages: 3-8.

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32 pages | 8.02" x 9.98"