Mnoomin maan'gowing / The Gift of Mnoomin event to having to deal with

to having to deal with the constant pressures to being a 'real Indian'

Despite the passage of time

Caldecott Medalist Michaela Goade's first self-authored picture book is a gorgeous celebration of the land she knows well and the powerful wisdom of elders

Lowery narrates this compelling conversation between insiders and outsiders

Azby Whitecalf's playful illustrations add to the joy and reverence in Deidre Havrelock's picture book debut

Mnoomin maan'gowing / The Gift of Mnoomin event to having to deal withIn 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 possibleMayfly, 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