Overview
Winner of the 2025 Richard Allen Chase Memorial Award Remember the hummingbird's teachings. Remember you are loved. Kokum warned us to watch out for one another. If we weren't careful, Windigo would eat us. But one night, alone in the darkness, I felt its breath on my neck. Windigo's lies crept into my heart, and I believed them. When we lose connection with others, we lose ourselves, and Windigo's darkness grows and spreads. In this deeply emotional and beautifully illustrated picture book, the ancestors send a hummingbird to a child lost in Windigo's darkness. Its teachings of resilience, love and connection bring the child home and remind us that our ancestors are always watching and can help us find our way if we only ask. This bilingual book includes full text in both English and Anishinaabemowin.
Full Product Details
Author: Jennifer Leason ,
Norman Chartrand
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
Imprint: Orca Book Publishers
Edition: Bilingual Edition, English and Anishinaabemowin (Saulteaux Dialect) ed.
Dimensions:
Width: 20.80cm
, Height: 1.00cm
, Length: 21.10cm
Weight: 0.295kg
ISBN: 9781459837140
ISBN 10: 1459837142
Pages: 32
Publication Date: 15 October 2024
Recommended Age: From 9 to 12 years
Audience:
Children/juvenile
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Children / Juvenile
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Language: English, Ojibwa
Reviews
""Teaches self-resilience, love, and connection [and] integrates beautiful illustrations in an Indigenous style. Highly recommended."" -- ""CM: Canadian Review of Materials"" ""The palette moves from light in the beginning to dark tones when the Windigo has her, then back to lighter tones as she escapes. A stunning book."" -- ""School Library Journal (SLJ)""
Author Information
Dr. Jennifer Leason is an off-reserve member of Minegoziibe Anishinabe (Pine Creek First Nation) in Manitoba, and the proud mother of Lucas and Lucy. Dr. Leason is the Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Maternal Child Wellness and an associate professor at the University of Calgary. She is the author and illustrator of Meennunyakaa / Blueberry Patch. She lives in Treaty 6 Territory. Norman Chartrand is Anishinaabe and an off-reserve member of Minegoziibe Anishinabe (Pine Creek First Nation), Manitoba. He is Jennifer Leason's great-uncle and the son of Elise Beauchamp and Arthur Jacque (Jimmy) Chartrand. Elise Beauchamp was the daughter of Philoméne Klyne and Jean Beauchamp (son of Nancy Chartrand and Joseph Beauchamp). Arthur Jacque Chartrand was the son of Julia Brass (daughter of Julia McLeod of Pelly and George Brass) and William Gédeon Chartrand (son of Sophie Genaille and William Chartrand).
