Download or read book Nokum is My Teacher written by Dave Bouchard and published by Calgary : Northern Lights Books for Children. This book was released on 2007 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Parallel text in English and Cree presents a poetic conversation between a boy and his grandmother as they discuss the importance of reading and how to blend life outside the reservation with Cree skills and traditions.
Download or read book The Drum Calls Softly written by David Bouchard and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using text in both English and Cree, presents the round dance, a celebration of the seasons, and describes how the dance connects the Cree people to the natural world around them.
Download or read book I am Raven written by David Bouchard and published by Crow Cottage Publishing. This book was released on 2015-10-12 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A great, kind and wise chief decides to erect a new totem pole. Knowing that he will soon die, the chief wants the pole to be representative of him but also to reflect the importance of others in his life. A series of birds and animals then try to convince the chief that their image should be carved into the chief’s totem pole.
Download or read book The Song Within My Heart written by Dave Bouchard and published by Raincoast Book Dist Limited. This book was released on 2002 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Renowned Cree painter Allen Sapp's inspired and stunning artwork beautifully complements this sweet story of a young First Nations boy preparing for his first pow wow. The young boy's Nokum-his beloved grandmother-guides him through the exciting day and watches over him as events unfold. David Bouchard's rhythmic and informative text is based on remembrances from Allen Sapp's childhood.
Download or read book I Am Not a Number written by Jenny Kay Dupuis and published by Second Story Press. This book was released on 2016-09-06 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When eight-year-old Irene is removed from her First Nations family to live in a residential school she is confused, frightened, and terribly homesick. She tries to remember who she is and where she came from, despite the efforts of the nuns who are in charge at the school and who tell her that she is not to use her own name but instead use the number they have assigned to her. When she goes home for summer holidays, Irene's parents decide never to send her and her brothers away again. But where will they hide? And what will happen when her parents disobey the law? Based on the life of co-author Jenny Kay Dupuis’ grandmother, I Am Not a Number is a hugely necessary book that brings a terrible part of Canada’s history to light in a way that children can learn from and relate to.
Download or read book The First Flute written by David Bouchard and published by . This book was released on 2013-05-31 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lavishly illustrated tale inspired by Native American naming ceremonies explains the difference between names given to children and adults while relating the story of young Dancing Raven, whose talents go unrecognized by the hunters, fishers and trackers in his village until he reveals the importance of music. By the best-selling author of Rainbow Crow.
Download or read book Buddha in the Garden written by Dave Bouchard and published by Raincoast Books. This book was released on 2001 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After a small boy is adopted by monks at a Buddhist temple, he spends hisime tending the temple gardens and discovering the nature of enlightenment.
Download or read book That s Hockey written by David Bouchard and published by Orca Book Publishers. This book was released on 2002 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Etienne introduces his city cousin to real hockey, street hockey that is.
Download or read book Prairie Born written by Dave Bouchard and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore in verse and image the prairie experience that is so cherished in the memories of countless North American.
Download or read book For the Love of Reading written by David Bouchard and published by Orca Book Publishers. This book was released on 2004 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lists of children's books for all ages: four experts on literacy share their favourite titles and their best ideas.
Download or read book If You re Not from the Prairie written by Dave Bouchard and published by Raincoast Books. This book was released on 1993 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A poem, accompanied by evocative landscape paintings, celebrates the natural beauty of the prairie and the joys of growing up on it.
Download or read book The Kids Book of Black Canadian History written by Rosemary Sadlier and published by Kids Can Press Ltd. This book was released on 2010-08 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn the important role Black Canadian's have played, and will continue to play, in the development of Canada.
Download or read book The Great Race written by Dave Bouchard and published by Raincoast Books. This book was released on 1999 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fable is told in this re-creation of the origins of the Chinese zodiac. The Great Race sets in motion a timeless contest that pits creatures such as the ox, rat, horse and dragon against one another to see who will reach the Jade City first.'
Download or read book Mawio mi Amasiwula kwl written by David Bouchard and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Accompanied by a compact disc with music by Buffy Sainte-Marie.
Download or read book Mwakwa Talks to the Loon written by Dale Auger and published by Heritage House Publishing Co. This book was released on 2006 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Kayãas becomes arrogant, he loses the Gift that allows him to find animals to hunt so that he may feed his people, so he asks Mwãakwa, the loon, for help, in a story that includes some words in Cree.
Download or read book Ohana Means Family written by Ilima Loomis and published by . This book was released on 2022-01-01 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this cumulative rhyme in the style of "The House That Jack Built," a family celebrates Hawaii and its culture while serving poi at a luau.
Download or read book If You re Not from the Prairie written by David Bouchard and published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 1995-04-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If You're Not From The Prairie is a poetic tribute that invites readers to experience the blazing light, cutting wind, endless sky, piercing cold, and extraordinary beauty of the prairie. The Prairie is a land of extremes and, as the lyrical text and illustrations make clear, one that inspires extreme devotion from its hardy inhabitants.
