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Learn & Play with First Nations & Native Art
Learn & Play with First Nations & Native Art
ISBN: 9781554761814
Price: $12.00
Author(s): Native Northwest
Format: Boardbook
Publisher: Native Northwest
Publication: 2010
Book Synopsis: Learn and Play with First Nations and Native Art is an 18-page concept board book from Native Northwest publishers. This unique title offers young children an introduction to concepts such as opposites, shapes, counting, the alphabet, colours, and search and find using Northwest Coast art designs and Woodland art style. Each artist's contribution is recognized in this important title for young children. It also introduces young children to Northwest Coast art designs while explaining the importance of interdependence with the environment.
Curriculum Connection: Cultural Traditions, play
Author Details: Northwest Coast art designs and Woodland art style.
Learn The Alphabet with Northwest Coast Native Art
Learn The Alphabet with Northwest Coast Native Art
ISBN: 9781554761647
Price: $12.00
Author(s): Native Northwest
Format: Boardbook
Publisher: Native Northwest
Publication: 2010
Book Synopsis: Learn the Alphabet with Northwest Coast Native Art is a 23-page board book from Native Northwest publishers. This unique title offers young children an introduction to the alphabet. The letters include the upper and lower case for each. Each letter is depicted with the letters and a drawing of a Northwest Coast animal, natural feature or object. For example the Letter H is for hummingbird ; the letter T is represented by Totem. Each artist's contribution is recognized in this important title for young children. Each board book is printed using soy-based inks and non-toxic coatings. It also introduces young children to Northwest Coast art designs while helping reinforce the letters of the alphabet.
Curriculum Connection: Land-Based Learning; alphabet
Author Details: Publisher Native Northwest credits each image in their books with the artist's name and Nation.
Learn the Colours with Northwest Coast Native Art
Learn the Colours with Northwest Coast Native Art
ISBN: 9781554761654
Price: $12.00
Author(s): Native Northwest
Format: Boardbook
Publisher: Native Northwest
Publication: 2010
Book Synopsis: Learn the Colours with Northwest Coast Art is a 10-page board book made with recycled paper with soy-based ink and water-based coating and is published by Native Northwest publishing. The book introduces young children to the colour red, blue, yellow, green, purple, grey, brown, pink, orange, and white through the original art of artists from British Columbia. Each artist is identified by name and Nation. Their designs are simple and show a salmon, raven, bear, ladybug, bee, frog, the sun, owl, salmon, whale, and hummingbird in Northwest Coast art style.
Curriculum Connection: Land-Based Learning; colours, birds, animals, fish
Author Details: Each artist is identified by name and Nation.
Learn To Count with Northwest Coast Native Art
Learn To Count with Northwest Coast Native Art
ISBN: 9781554761661
Price: $12.00
Author(s): Native Northwest
Format: Boardbook
Publisher: Native Northwest
Publication: 2010
Book Synopsis: Learn to Count with Northwest Coast Art is a 10-page board book from Native Northwest publishers. This unique title offers young children an introduction to counting from 1 to 10 using images of Northwest animals, birds, and fish. For example number one is represented by the design of a bear illustrated by Namgis artist Ryan Cranmer. And the number 10 shows 10 ravens drawn by Tsimshian artist Terry Starr. Each board book is printed using soy-based inks and non-toxic coatings.
Curriculum Connection: Land-Based Learning; counting, numbers, birds, animals, fish.
Author Details: The publisher Native Northwest credits each image in their books with the artist's name and Nation.
Sharing Our World : Animals of the Native Northwest Coast
Sharing Our World : Animals of the Native Northwest Coast
ISBN: 9781554761883
Price: $12.00
Author(s): Native Northwest
Format: Boardbook
Publisher: Native Northwest
Publication: 2011
Book Synopsis: Sharing Our World: Animals of the Native Northwest is a 28-page board book from Native Northwest publishers. This unique title offers young children an introduction to the various animals from the Pacific Northwest Coast. Artists provided the images, and cultural comments about ancestors, totem, thunderbird, wolf, salmon, frog, beaver, owl, bear, otter, raven, eagle, turtle, hummingbird, butterfly, octopus, and whale. Each artist's contribution is recognized in this important title for young children. It also introduces young children to Northwest Coast art designs while explaining the importance of interdependence with the environment.
Curriculum Connection: Land-Based Learning; animals.
Author Details: Artists from Nuxalk, Namgis, Coast Salish, Kwakwaka'wakw, Haisla, Heiltsuk, Haida, Bella Bella, Tsimshian, Kwa Na Ki Nulth and Nuchatlaht Nations.
This Land Is a Lullaby
This Land Is a Lullaby
ISBN: 9781459836099
Price: $21.95
Author(s): Tonya Simpson
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
Publication: 2024
Book Synopsis: It flows in your blood and echoes in your soul...Listen, my baby, to the sweet song of your home. As daylight fades to dusk and slips into darkness, this gentle lullaby celebrates the sounds of the Prairies and the Plains on a stormy summer's night. From the hum of dragonflies to the drumming of thunder, with grasses swirling and the northern lights glimmering, This Land Is a Lullaby shares a sacred song and dance—a gift from the ancestors that soothes children to sleep and reminds them of their deeply rooted connections to the land. Written as a lullaby for the author's daughter and featuring striking pointillism artwork, this lush lullaby of the land honors the beauty of the Prairies and the Plains and the spiritual connection between Indigenous children, ancestors and their Traditional Territories.
Curriculum Connection: Land-Based Learning, Sacred song and dance; lullaby.
Author Details: Written by Tonya Simpson, of Scottish and Cree ancestry. She is a member of Pasqua First Nation and was born and raised in central Alberta. Illustrated by Delreé Dumont, Wapiski Kihew Esquao / White Eagle Woman, a proud member of Onion Lake Cree Nation, Saskatchewan.
URL: https://goodminds.com/products/this-land-is-a-lullaby-hc
Lemming's First Christmas
Lemming's First Christmas
ISBN: 9781772275438
Price: $14.95
Author(s): Jamesie Fournier
Format: Boardbook
Publisher: Inhabit Media
Publication: 2024
Book Synopsis: When Lemming overhears some children singing about Christmas, she can't help but wonder about this new holiday. Qimmiq the sled dog knows all about Christmas. It's the time of year when Santa brings presents to put under your tree! But...what is a tree? There aren't any trees where Lemming lives, in the treeless Arctic, so she decides to go on the hunt for a tree in order to have her very first Merry Christmas. Filled with charming holiday illustrations featuring sweet Arctic animals, this book offers a warm and inviting new take on beloved Christmas traditions. Full colour illustrations.
Curriculum Connection: Celebrations, Christmas
Author Details: Written by Jamesie Fournier, an Inuk raised in Denendeh; and illustrated by Tim Mack.
URL: https://goodminds.com/products/lemmings-first-christmas-bd
Boozhoo! / Hello!
Boozhoo! / Hello!
ISBN: 9781773067155
Price: $21.99
Author(s): Joshua Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Groundwood Books
Publication: 2024
Book Synopsis: Hello! Who do you see and hear in the woods today? Meet a variety of woodland and water animals in this story written in Anishinaabemowin and English. Can you see a fox digging, spot two minnows dancing or hear a swarm of bees buzzing? Boozhoo! / Hello! introduces children to familiar animals as they go about their daily activities: walking, running, swimming, climbing and finally — when the day is done — sleeping! Illustrated in a vibrant and colourful woodland style that will appeal to readers young and old alike, and accompanied by an author’s note.
Curriculum Connection: Land-Based learning, everyday activities.
Author Details: Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley is an Anishinaabe illustrator and a member of Wasauksing First Nation. Mary Ann Corbiere grew up speaking Nishnaabemwin in Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory on Manitoulin Island.
On Powwow Day
On Powwow Day
ISBN: 9781623545765
Price: $10.99
Author(s): Traci Sorell
Format: Boardback
Publisher: Charlesbridge
Publication: 2024
Book Synopsis: This eye-catching, interactive board book is sure to keep toddlers engaged. Count one through ten as you make your way through the day of the powwow, looking for colors, family members, jingle dresses, musical instruments, and tribal citizens in this introduction to a traditional Native event. An award-winning children’s picture book adapted to be ready for little listeners in a warm and vibrant board book edition.
Curriculum Connection: Land-Based Learning, Counting.
Author Details: Written by Traci Sorell, an enrolled citizen of the Cherokee Nation, and lives in northeastern Oklahoma, where her tribe is located. Illustrated by Madelyn Goodnight, a member of the Chickasaw Nation.
Learning My Rights with Mousewoman
Learning My Rights with Mousewoman
ISBN: 9781554766260
Price: $12.99
Author(s): Morgan Asoyuf
Format: Boardbook
Publisher: Native Northwest
Publication: 2021
Book Synopsis: The tiny but mighty Mousewoman is a legendary figure in the oral and visual practices of Northwest Coast Indigenous cultures. She is both grandmother and oracle, able to travel in and out of the spirit world. Mousewoman sits on young people’s shoulders in crucial times, whispering advice and knowledge. She protects and guides young people by helping them avoid or escape bad situations, and is never afraid to stand up to bigger beings. This book brings to life the timeless lessons of Mousewoman—lessons that embody the principles outlined in the UN Declaration on the Rights of the Child and the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. A first of its kind, this book empowers children to become proudly aware of their rights.
Curriculum Connection: Cultural Traditions, Rights and Empowerment.
Author Details: Written and illustrated by Morgan Asoyuf, Ts'msyen.
URL: https://goodminds.com/products/learning-my-rights-with-mousewoman-bd
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