This Is How I Know

Mii maanda ezhi-gkendmaanh / This Is How I Know: Niibing, dgwaagig, bboong, mnookmig dbaadjigaade maanpii mzin’igning / A Book about the Seasons
by Brittany Luby (Author) and Joshua Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: In this picture book 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 in the place they call home — the northern reaches of Anishinaabewaking, around the Great Lakes.

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Be a Tree!

Be a Tree!
by Maria Gianferrari (Author) and Felicita Sala (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: We are all like trees: our spines, trunks; our skin, bark; our hearts giving us strength and support, like heartwood. We are fueled by air and sun.

And, like humans, trees are social. They “talk” to spread information; they share food and resources. They shelter and take care of one another. They are stronger together.

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