Category: fiction

I Am a Tornado
by Drew Beckmeyer (Author / Illustrator)
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Booktalk: In this picture book about compassion and navigating negative emotions, Tornado is on a rampage. It tosses cars and knocks over barns. Tornado is also angry, only it doesn’t know that or want to admit it. Then Tornado picks up Cow. Oh, no! Cow would like to be put down. Fortunately, Cow is a good listener. And sometimes Tornado just needs to be heard.

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Biindigen! Amik Says Welcome
by Nancy Cooper (Author) and Joshua Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: It’s a special day for Amik the beaver and her little sister, Nishiime. Their cousins are coming to visit! Amik is excited, but Nishiime feels nervous about meeting new people, and when the cousins finally arrive, Nishiime disappears. On the last page of the book, find out how to pronounce the Anishinaabe words and how the beavers from all seven Nations say their names.

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