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Mnoomin maan'gowing / gaa-zhibiiyang Brittany Luby ; gaa-mzinbiiyget Joshua Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley ; gaa-aan'kinoosdoot Mary Ann Corbiere = The gift of Mnoomin / written by Brittany Luby ; pictures by Joshua Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley ; translated by Mary Ann Corbiere.
Van Pelt - Notable Juvenile Books PZ7.7.L828 Mno 2023
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Luby, Brittany, author.
- Language:
- English
- Ojibwa
- Subjects (All):
- Wild rice--Juvenile fiction.
- Wild rice.
- Indigenous peoples--Juvenile fiction.
- Indigenous peoples.
- Genre:
- Picture books for children.
- picture books.
- Fiction
- Juvenile works
- Picture books
- Picture books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 cm
- Other Title:
- Gift of Mnoomin
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto ; Berkeley : Groundwood Books : House of Anansi Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- Text in Anishinaabemowin translation and in original English.
- Summary:
- "In this bilingual book, an Anishinaabe child explores the story of a precious mnoomin seed and the circle of life mnoomin sustains. Written in Anishinaabemowin and English, the story opens at harvest time. A child holds a mnoomin seed and imagines all the life that made a single seed possible--Mayfly, Pike, Muskrat, Eagle and Moose, all had a part to play in bringing the seed into being. What will happen if the seed sprouts? Underwater leaves will shelter young fish, shoots will protect ducklings, stalks will feed larvae, in turn providing food for bats...until finally mnoomin will be ready to harvest again. We follow the child and family through a harvest day as they make offerings of tobacco, then gently knock ripe seeds into their canoe. On shore, they prepare the seeds, cook up a feast, and gratefully plant some seeds they'd set aside. This beautifully written and illustrated story reveals the cultural and ecological importance of mnoomin. As the author's note explains, many Anishinaabeg agree that "wild rice" is an inaccurate term for this plant relation, since part of the harvest is sown every year to help sustain human and non-human beings. Includes a translator's note."-- Provided by publisher.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Luby, Brittany. Mnoomin maan'gowing.
- ISBN:
- 9781773068466
- 1773068466
- OCLC:
- 1356741694
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