Anishinaabeg

Bobbie Bison and The Seven Teachings is a story about Respect. Let’s learn the Seven Teachings! Each story has simple and repetitive words. These Early Learner stories are for young children.

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Early Learner story.  The publisher recommends this title for kindergarten to grade 4.

This book is part of The Seven Teaching series.

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Paperback

Bucky Beaver and The Seven Teachings is a story about Wisdom. Let’s learn the Seven Teachings! Each story has simple and repetitive words. These Early Learner stories are for young children.

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Early Learner story.  The publisher recommends this title for kindergarten to grade 4.

This book is part of The Seven Teaching series.

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Paperback

Catcha Bear and The Seven Teachings is a story about Courage. Let’s learn the Seven Teachings! Each story has simple and repetitive words. These Early Learner stories are for young children.

Educator & Series Information
Early Learner story.  The publisher recommends this title for kindergarten to grade 4.

This book is part of The Seven Teaching series.

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Paperback

Folf the Wolf and The Seven Teachings is a story about Humility. Let’s learn the Seven Teachings! Each story has simple and repetitive words. These Early Learner stories are for young children.

Educator & Series Information
Early Learner story.  The publisher recommends this title for kindergarten to grade 4.

This book is part of The Seven Teaching series.

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Paperback

Follow along as Dancing Butterfly Girl, a young Indigenous girl, reflects on all the amazing things in her life that she is grateful for.

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Recommended for grades 4 to 6.

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14 Pages | Hardcover

On a visit to her granny, Maggie is excited to begin her first-ever beading project: a pair of strawberry earrings. However, beading is much harder than she expected! As they work side by side, Granny shares how beading helped her persevere and stay connected to her Anishinaabe culture when she lost her Indian status, forcing her out of her home community—all because she married someone without status, something the men of her community could do freely.

As she learns about patience and perseverance from her granny’s teachings, Maggie discovers that beading is a journey, and like every journey, it’s easier with a loved one at her side.

In this beautifully illustrated book, children learn about the tradition of Anishinaabe beadwork, strawberry teachings, and gender discrimination in the Indian Act.

Reviews
"Social justice messages lie at the heart of many children’s and YA books with Indigenous authorship. The picture book Heart Berry Bling, written by Jenny Kay Dupuis, a member of the Nipissing First Nation, and illustrated by Ghana-born artist Eva Campbell, shares the tradition of Anishinaabe beadwork and highlights the experiences of women, including the author’s grandmother, who lost their First Nations status due to Canada’s Indian Act."— Publishers Weekly

"A delightful story."— Anishnabek News

"Heart Berry Bling is a soulful children’s story that reminds readers of not only the importance of family and culture, but also the generational harm caused by laws against Indigenous Peoples. In this tale of a young Anishinaabe girl who finds out how her own family was negatively impacted by the Indian Act, Jenny Kay Dupuis has created an important text for anyone learning of the erased ancestral stories from and about Indigenous Peoples." — John P. Broome, Purdue University

Educator Information
Recommended for ages 6 to 8.

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48 pages | 9.00" x 9.00" | Hardcover 

Souhaitant faire connaitre aux jeunes de tous les horizons ses héros autochtones, Wab Kinew a composé des textes inspirants mettant en vedette des héros autochtones du Canada et des États-Unis. Malgré leur expérience unique, tous ont ceci en commun : la confiance en soi et un lien avec le territoire. Les superbes illustrations du célèbre artiste Joe Morse donnent vie à ces héros d’autrefois et d’aujourd’hui qui ont montré au monde qu’ils ont su et savent aller de l’avant et qu’ils comptent.?En 2018, la version originale d’Héros autochtones • Anishinaabewi-ogichidaag, intitulée Go Show the World: A Celebration of Indigenous Heroes, a figuré parmi les finalistes du Prix littéraire du Gouverneur général, dans la catégorie de la littérature jeunesse, livre illustré.

Educator Information
French/Anishinaabemowin. Traduction en Anishinaabemowin par Roger Roulette.

This book is available in English: Go Show the World: A Celebration of Indigenous Heroes

Johnny Eagle and The Seven Teachings is a story about Love. Let’s learn the Seven Teachings! Each story has simple and repetitive words. These Early Learner stories are for young children.

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Early Learner story.  The publisher recommends this title for kindergarten to grade 4.

This book is part of The Seven Teaching series.

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Paperback

L’auteur primé de Ligne de trappe nous offre le récit d’une aventure fantastique et cinématique inspirée des légendes autochtones.

Un jour d’été, Lauren et son petit frère, James, partent en voyage sur les terres avec leur moshom (grand-père). Arrivés à destination, les enfants décident d’aller pêcher pour le repas du souper pendant que Moshom fait la sieste. Leur canot se trouve au milieu du lac lorsque l’eau devient soudainement agitée et les fait chavirer! Quand Lauren refait surface, elle voit son frère se faire entraîner par les Memekwesewak, des créatures à l’apparence humaine qui vivent autour de l’eau et aiment jouer des tours aux gens. Lauren doit avoir le courage de suivre les Memekwesewak dans leur monde et de ramener son frère à la maison. Mais ces créatures exercent une forte emprise sur James, et elles ne l’abandonneront pas si facilement.

Un récit écrit avec cœur qui plaira aux lecteurs curieux et aventuriers.

Educator Information
Recommended for ages 4 to 8.

This book is available in English: The Song That Called Them Home

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9.25" x 10.22" | Paperback

Métis writer and educator Nikki Soliman walks children through the importance of mental health and wellness in Magnificent Magnetic Me. This book examines the importance of embracing the tools needed to stay positive. It teaches about the power of thoughts and words and the energy we attract.

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Recommended for grades 5 to 8.

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32 Pages | Paperback

Les relations constituent le fondement de tous les traités.Mishomis apprend à sa petite-fille à être attentive à la fois aux sons et aux silences autour d’elle pour mieux prendre conscience de sa place dans la création. Surtout, il lui apprend ce que sont les traités : des liens durables de réciprocité et de renouveau.L’auteure d’ascendance anishinaabe-métisse Aimée Craft souligne l’importance des traités dans cet album magnifiquement illustré par l’artiste visuel Luke Swinson. Un livre essentiel pour tous les lecteurs et toutes les lectrices.

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This book is available in English: Treaty Words: For As Long As the Rivers Flow

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60 Pages

In this bilingual book, an Anishinaabe child explores the story of a precious mnoomin seed and the circle of life mnoomin sustains.

Written in Anishinaabemowin and English, the story opens at harvest time. A child holds a mnoomin seed and imagines all the life that made a single seed possible-Mayfly, Pike, Muskrat, Eagle and Moose, all had a part to play in bringing the seed into being. What will happen if the seed sprouts? Underwater leaves will shelter young fish, shoots will protect ducklings, stalks will feed larvae, in turn providing food for bats...until finally mnoomin will be ready to harvest again.

We follow the child and family through a harvest day as they make offerings of tobacco, then gently knock ripe seeds into their canoe. On shore, they prepare the seeds, cook up a feast, and gratefully plant some seeds they'd set aside.

This beautifully written and illustrated story reveals the cultural and ecological importance of mnoomin. As the author's note explains, many Anishinaabeg agree that "wild rice" is an inaccurate term for this plant relation, since part of the harvest is sown every year to help sustain human and non-human beings. Includes a translator's note.

Educator Information
Recommended for ages 3 to 6.

Thi book is written in Anishinaabemowin and English.

Key Text Features:

• explanation
• illustrations
• informational note
• translations
• translator's note

Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.2

Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson.

Translated by Mary Ann Corbiere, who grew up in Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory on Manitoulin Island speaking Nishnaabemwin. She taught her language at the University of Sudbury for many years, obtained a doctorate and continues to work on instructional resources for adult learners. She now lives in Lively, Ontario.

This book is available in Anishinaabemowin and French: Précieux mnoomin

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36 pages | 8.75" x 8.50" | Hardcover

Phoenix loves to play with dolls and marvel at pretty fabrics. Most of all, he loves to dance—ballet, Pow Wow dancing, or just swirling and twirling around his house. Sometimes Phoenix gets picked on and he struggles with feeling different, but his mom and brother are proud of him. With their help, Phoenix learns about Two Spirit/Niizh Manidoowag people in Anishinaabe culture and just how special he is.

Based on the childhood experiences of her son, Phoenix, Marty Wilson-Trudeau demonstrates the difference that a loving and supportive family can make.

Educator Information
Recommended for ages 6 to 8.

Dual-language format: Ojibwe and English.

Translated by Kelvin Morrison (Kiitaabines), who is from Nigigoonsiminikaaning First Nation in Northwestern Ontario, Wazhashk (muskrat) clan. He works as an Anishinaabemowin translator at Seven Generations Education Institute, translating books, videos, and short stories, as well as Elders’ stories and resource materials for daycares, schools, and communities. He enjoys creating tools so all can learn, understand, and hear how Anishinaabemowin sounds. He also works in the Knowledge Keepers Program offered by the Fort Frances Rainy River School Board, sharing stories, cultural knowledge, residential school experience, and teachings about the Land.

Find the English version of this book here: Phoenix Gets Greater.

This book is available in French: Phoenix le merveilleux 

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24 pages | 8.50" x 8.50" | Hardcover 

Phoenix adore jouer à la poupée et admirer toutes sortes de tissus. Mais ce qu’il aime par-dessus tout, c’est danser. Il adore le ballet, il danse lors des pow-wow, et il tournoie et tourbillonne à la maison. Ses camarades s’en prennent parfois à lui parce qu’il est différent, mais sa mère et son frère sont fiers de lui. Avec leur aide, Phoenix découvre les personnes bispirituelles, ou niizh manidoowag, de la culture anishinaabe. Il réalise ainsi à quel point il est exceptionnel.

En s’appuyant sur l’expérience de son propre fils Phoenix, Marty Wilson-Trudeau nous montre qu’une famille aimante et bienveillante peut faire la différence.

Educator Information
Recommended for ages 6 to 8.

This book is available in English: Phoenix Gets Greater

This book is available in Ojibwe and English: Phoenix ani’ Gichichi-i’/Phoenix Gets Greater

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8.51" x 8.53" | Paperback

Sally Sabe and The Seven Teachings is a story about Honesty. Let’s learn the Seven Teachings! Each story has simple and repetitive words. These Early Learner stories are for young children.

Educator & Series Information
Early Learner story.  The publisher recommends this title for kindergarten to grade 4.

This book is part of The Seven Teaching series.

Additional Information
Paperback