Mii maanda ezhi-gkendmaanh / This Is How I Know
Brittany Luby, Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley, Alvin Ted Corbiere, Alan Corbiere
Type:
Fiction
Categories:
Concepts | Nature & the Natural World | People & Places | Indigenous Peoples of Turtle Island
Themes:
Seasons, General, Canada
Languages:
English, Ojibwa
Publisher:
Grade Level:
P-2
Age Range:
3-7
Description
An Anishinaabe child and her grandmother explore the natural wonders of each season in this lyrical, bilingual story-poem.
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, taking pleasure in the familiar sights that each new season brings.
We accompany them through warm summer days full of wildflowers, bees and blueberries, then fall, when bears feast before hibernation and forest mushrooms are ripe for harvest. Winter mornings begin in darkness as deer, mice and other animals search for food, while spring brings green shoots poking through melting snow and the chirping of peepers.
Brittany Luby and Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley have created a book inspired by childhood memories of time spent with Knowledge Keepers, observing and living in relationship with the natural world in the place they call home — the northern reaches of Anishinaabewaking, around the Great Lakes.
Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.4
Identify words and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.1
Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.5
Describe the overall structure of a story, including describing how the beginning introduces the story and the ending concludes the action.
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Awards
Indigenous Voices AwardWinner
CCBC ChoicesCommended
Governor General's Literary Award, Young People's Literature — Illustrated BooksShort-listed
Cooperative Children’s Book Center Book of the WeekCommended
Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book AwardWinner