At 96 pages it doesn’t go into depth, but there are two-page spreads for each region (North, East, Central, West and South) about topics such as history, people and culture, wildlife and landscapes, and famous individuals. There are also chapters on Global Africa and how Africa has ...
Four childhood friends are forced to confront the Native American culture and traditions they left behind when a horrifying entity resurfaces from their past. Harvest House by Cynthia Leitich Smith Volunteering to help at a local haunted house puts Hughie Wolfe in the middle of a tragic history a...
As a biracial, unenrolled tribal member and the product of a scandal, eighteen-year-old Daunis Fontaine has never quite fit in, both in her hometown and on the nearby Ojibwe reservation. Daunis dreams of studying medicine, but when her family is struck by tragedy, she puts her future on ...
Categories: All Advice and How-To; All Nonfiction; All Religion & Spirituality; Bestsellers An illuminating tour through the terrain Erdrich's ancestorsBooks and Islands in Ojibwe Country: Traveling Through the Land of My Ancestors by Louise Erdrich, author of The Night Watchman For more than...
Ned Bustard’s recent IVP Kids release, Saint Nicholas the Giftgiver was one of our biggest selling books in December and it is still a great gift to give for kids who have been wondering about Santa Claus this past week or so. Ned is known for the brightly illustrated Bible History ABC...
city to move to the rez. Kids will make many connections to how hard it is to be apart from a beloved family member or friend—and the joy of being reunited. The author’s note helps build background knowledge about reservations and their role in the culture and history of Tribal ...
This book also impressed me with its insightful, personal exploration of race, culture, family, and writing. Shah writes about joyful dancing at weddings and about moving around the country following jobs and then returning home again. She writes about food, travel, studying creative writing, ...
On the island, Norvia was proud of her Ojibwe heritage.Things are different in the city. Here, Norvia’s mother forces her to pretend she’s not Native at all—even to Mr. Ward, Ma’s new husband, and to Vernon, Norvia’s irritating new stepbrother. In fact, there are a lot of...
Synopsis: A first conversation about the importance ofnibi(water) told from an Anishinaabe (Ojibwe) perspective. Toddlers will learn about the many forms of water in rain, snow and ice. They use water to drink, bathe, brush their teeth and flush the toilet. They build snowmen in the winter...
Throughout the history of humankind, Robert Macfarlane writes, people have buried “that which we fear and wish to lose, and that which we love and wish to save.”Underlandis a stunning exploration of what lies beneath the surface of the earth—from the catacombs of Paris to an underground...