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• We Are Going to Count

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  Purposely written entirely in Nuu-chah-nulth language, clues are provided to allow even beginner learners to deduce the words without relying on English.

• Kiss by Kiss

  a Counting Book for Families = Ocêtôwina : Peyak Ôskân Ohcih - Akitâh-masinahikan

  Van Camp, Richard

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  Count your kisses with baby in this delightful dual-language rhyming board book, written in English and Plains Cree.

• We All Count

  a Book of Cree Numbers

  Flett, Julie

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• Black Bear, Red Fox

  Colours in Cree

  Flett, Julie

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• Nibi Is Water

  Nibi Aawon Nbiish

  Robertson, Joanne, 1960-

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  A board book about the importance of Nibi, which means water in Anishinaabemowin

• Discovering Words

  English French Cree

  Auger, Neepin

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  Discovering Words will bring the experience of learning French and Cree to a whole new group of early elementary school-aged kids.

• Discovering People :

  [English * French * Cree]

  Auger, Neepin

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  The fourth book in this colourful and unique series introduces twenty-two basic words in English, French, and Cree relating to familiar people at home and in the community.

• Discovering Numbers

  English, French, Cree

  Auger, Neepin

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  Discovering Numbers will bring the experience of learning French and Cree to a whole new group of early elementary school-aged kids.

• Discovering Animals

  English, French, Cree

  Auger, Neepin

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  A book that shows the names of various animals in English, followed by their equivalents in French and Cree.

• My Heart Fills With Happiness/ Nijiikendam

  Gray Smith, Monique

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  A dual-language book that celebrates happiness and invites children to reflect on the little things in life that bring them joy. In English and Anishinaabemowin

• Sus Yoo

  The Bear's Medicine

  Gauthier, Clayton, 1979-

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  A mother bear shares with her cubs how to be grateful for all they have in the natural world. The Bear's Medicine shows the interconnectedness of all things in the world they live in and how each season brings changes and blessings for the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Boozhoo!

  Pawis-Steckley, Joshua Mangeshig,

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  Open your eyes and turn on your listening ears as a variety of woodland and water animals go about their daily activities. Can you see a fox digging? Can you hear a swarm of bees buzzing? And will any of the animals see you, too? Written…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Wild Berries

  Pikaci-Minisa

  Flett, Julie

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  Clarence and his grandmother pick wild blueberries and meet ant, spider, and fox in a beautiful woodland landscape.

• Mnoomin Maan'gowing

  Luby, Brittany,

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  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?

• We All Play

  Kimêtawânaw

  Flett, Julie

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  This picture book is a marvelous celebration of the interconnectedness of all creatures, and includes some Cree phrases. It is based on the Cree teaching of wahkohtowin, interconnectedness and play, and includes as well the English and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Aamo-binashee

  Hummingbird

  Leason, Jennifer,

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  In this dual-language picture book in English and Saulteaux-Anishinaabemowin, a girl is chased by Windigo, who preys on her isolation and insecurity. But Kokum calls to the girl with a message of hope, and a hummingbird arrives with…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Âmî Osâwâpikones

  Dear Dandelion

  Okemow, SJ,

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  A debut picture book that celebrates self-love, care, and resilience with one of the most widespread plants-- the dandelion. Both a love letter to the dandelion and a call to love ourselves in a difficult world, Âmî Osâwâpikones reminds us…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Nipakos̊yimon

  I Hope

  Gray Smith, Monique, 1968-

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  This beautifully illustrated picture book, written by award-winning Indigenous author Monique Gray Smith, explores all the hopes adults have for the children in their lives.

• Let's Go!

  Haw Êkwa!

  Flett, Julie

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  Every day, a little boy watches kids pass by on skateboards, and dreams of joining them. One day, his mother brings a surprise: her old skateboard, just for him! haw êkwa! Let's go!

• This Is What I've Been Told

  Mii Yi Gaa-Bi-Wiindmaagooyang

  Armstrong, Juliana

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  Language is learned, knowledge is shared and culture is practiced. In this story of language preservation, author/illustrator and Anishnaabemowin language teacher Juliana Armstrong illuminates a number of Anishnaabemowin words along with…Read moreRead more of this annotation