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Mii maanda ezhi-gkendmaanh / 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 | Brittany Luby
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An Anishinaabe child and her grandmother explore the natural wonders of each season in this lyrical, bilingual story-poem. In this lyrical story-poem, written in Anishinaabemowin and English, a child and grandmother explore their surroundings, (…more)
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#SummerSouls Day 24: This beautiful book tells you when it is summer: “When #insects billow black from the trees, and the sun slips into an orange dream.
This is how I know summer.”

The entire picturebook is a testament to this wide-eyed attention to the little details found in the passing of the seasons. As Mary Oliver noted: “Attention is the beginning of devotion.” My full review: https://wp.me/pDlzr-qnb

Eggs Beautiful 🦟 🧡🦟 9mo
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Concepts of seasons and colours are presented in this charming dual-language picture book created by an Anishinaabe team from Ontario. Some #Indigenous children will find a familiar northern landscape, while other young readers will learn about a way of life different from their own. Any child might enjoy spending time searching for the creatures on each double-page spread, all while mastering vocabulary. #Canadian #kidlit #picturebook

Singout What age? I might get this for my niece in England who is turning four next year: I‘ve already got her something for Christmas. I try to get them Indigenous Canadian books. 3y
Lindy @Singout Age 4 is perfect. The audience for this book is ages 3-8. 3y
Lindy @Singout I didn‘t mention that this is a good book for generating thoughts about seasons in general: how your niece, for example, recognizes elements of the seasons where she lives. 3y
Lindy @Singout Thanks for the link and the shoutout to the GG finalists. The reason I picked it up is because I saw it on that list. 😊 3y
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When Loon opens her red eyes / to call across the water / and green Luna Moth hides / among birch leaves.
When yellow Bumblebee collects purple / fireweed with me / and we spy brown Screech Owl / asleep in the tree.
When blueberries drop readily / and the sand is hot enough to sting.
When insects billow black from the trees / and the sun slips into an orange dream.
This is how I know summer.

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A closeup of this picture book‘s digital artwork by Joshua Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley, an Ojibwe woodland artist and member of Wasauksing First Nation. #Indigenous #kidlit

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