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Mii maanda ezhi-gkendmaanh / This Is How I Know

Brittany Luby, Joshua Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley, Alvin Ted Corbiere, Alan Corbiere

Type:

Fiction

Categories:

Nature & the Natural World | Concepts | People & Places

Themes:

General, Seasons, Canada, Indigenous Peoples of Turtle Island

Languages:

English, Ojibwa

Publisher:

Groundwood Books Ltd

Grade Level:

P-2

Age Range:

3-7

Where to buy it

Amazon
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Indigo

Description

An Anishinaabe child and her grandmother explore the natural wonders of each season in this lyrical, bilingual story-poem.

An Anishinaabe child and her grandmother explore the natural wonders of each season in this lyrical, bilingual story-poem.

In this lyrical story-poem, written in Anishinaabemowin and English, a child and grandmother explore their surroundings, taking pleasure in the familiar sights that each new season brings.

We accompany them through warm summer days full of wildflowers, bees and blueberries, then fall, when bears feast before hibernation and forest mushrooms are ripe for harvest. Winter mornings begin in darkness as deer, mice and other animals search for food, while spring brings green shoots poking through melting snow and the chirping of peepers.

Brittany Luby and Joshua Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley have created a book inspired by childhood memories of time spent with Knowledge Keepers, observing and living in relationship with the natural world in the place they call home — the northern reaches of Anishinaabewaking, around the Great Lakes.

 

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

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.4
Identify words and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.1
Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.5
Describe the overall structure of a story, including describing how the beginning introduces the story and the ending concludes the action.

Contributors

BRITTANY LUBY, of Anishinaabe descent, was raised on Treaty #3 Lands in what is currently known as northwestern Ontario. She is an associate professor of history at the University of Guelph who seeks to stimulate public discussion of Indigenous issues through her work. Her picture books include the award-winning Mii maanda ezhi-gkendmaanh / This Is How I Know, illustrated by Joshua Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley. Brittany now lives on territories cared for under the Dish with One Spoon Covenant.

JOSHUA MANGESHIG PAWIS-STECKLEY is an Ojibwe woodland artist and a member of Wasauksing First Nation. His art aims to reclaim and promote traditional Ojibwe stories and teachings in a contemporary woodland style. He has held several solo art exhibitions across Turtle Island. Joshua has illustrated the award-winning picture book Mii maanda ezhi-gkendmaanh / This Is How I Know by Brittany Luby, among others. He spends his time living both in Vancouver and Wasauksing First Nation.

ALVIN TED CORBIERE and ALAN CORBIERE, father and son, are Anishinaabe from M'Chigeeng First Nation. Alvin's first language is Anishinaabemowin, aka Ojibwe, and Alan is learning it as a second language. They collaborate to produce curricular materials in Anishinaabemowin for learners of all ages. Alan Corbiere is an assistant professor of Indigenous history at York University in Toronto.

ALVIN TED CORBIERE and ALAN CORBIERE, father and son, are Anishinaabe from M'Chigeeng First Nation. Alvin's first language is Anishinaabemowin, aka Ojibwe, and Alan is learning it as a second language. They collaborate to produce curricular materials in Anishinaabemowin for learners of all ages. Alan Corbiere is an assistant professor of Indigenous history at York University in Toronto.

Formats

ISBN13: 9781773063263

Publication Date: 03/01/2021

Price: $19.99 CAD

ISBN13: 9781773066127

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Price: $18.95 CAD

ISBN13: 9781773063287

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Price: $22.95 CAD

ISBN13: 9781773063270

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Price: $10.99 CAD

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Awards

Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book AwardWinner

CCBC ChoicesCommended

Governor General’s Literary Awards for Young People’s Literature — Illustrated BooksShort-listed

Cooperative Children’s Book Center Book of the WeekCommended

Indigenous Voices AwardWinner

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