Children's Fiction Humorous Stories
Bear for Breakfast / Makwa kidji kijebà wìsiniyàn (Tell Me A Story!) (Dual Language Edition)
- Publisher
- Scholastic Canada Ltd
- Initial publish date
- Dec 2019
- Category
- Humorous Stories, Multigenerational, Native Canadian
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Unknown
- ISBN
- 9781443182218
- Publish Date
- Dec 2019
- List Price
- $15.99
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Recommended Age, Grade, and Reading Levels
- Age: 3 to 8
- Grade: p to 3
Description
Donovan is hungry for a special kind of breakfast . . . makwa !
This dual-language picture book is now accompanied by a CD with readings in both English and Algonquin, in a sturdy, reusable plastic pouch.
It’s breakfast time and Donovan knows exactly what he wants this morning – not eggs, not pancakes, not cereal. No, what he wants is BEAR, just like his grandfather used to eat! So Donovan sets off on an adventurous hunt to bag a bear of his own . . . but just who is doing the hunting?
This story was inspired by a first-grader in La Loche, a northern Saskatchewan community that Robert Munsch visited in 1990. He asked what the kids like to eat, and Donovan said that he liked to eat bear!
The book is illustrated by Jay Odjick, and the CD is narrated in Algonquin by Joan Commanda Tenasco, the book’s translator, and in English by teacher Misty Whiteduck. All three are members of the Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg First Nation.
About the authors
El reconocido narrador ROBERT MUNSCH ha escrito decenas de libros para niños, entre ellos: Paper Bag Princess y Mortimer. Él vive con su familia en Guelph, Ontario.
Jay Odjick est artiste, auteur et membre de la communauté algonquine Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg pas loin de Maniwaki, au Québec. Il a créé des bandes dessinées, produit la série d'animation Kagagi: The Raven, diffusée au Canada, aux États-Unis et en Australie, et a illustré Vilains maringouins! de Robert Munsch.
Add bio for Jay Odjick
JAY ODJICK is an artist and writer from the Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg Algonquin community, just outside of Maniwaki, Quebec. He has created comic books and produced the animated TV seriesKagagi: The Raven, which airs in Canada, the US and Australia. He previously illustrated Robert Munsch's picture books Blackflies, Bear for Breakfast / Makwa kidji kijebià wìsinyàn as well asThe Ocean Goes on Forever, which appears in the anthologyMunsch Mania. He is thrilled to be able to join forces with Robert Munsch to bring stories about today's Indigenous kids to a broad audience. Visit him online at www.kagagi.squarespace.com.
Misty Whiteduck's profile page
JOAN COMMANDA TENASCO is an Algonquin language keeper and translator. She works and seeks guidance from her elders in the Kitigàn Zìbì Anishinàbe community. She also translated the television series Kagagi: The Raven.
Awards
- Long-listed, First Nation Communities READ Award
- Commended, Toronto Public Library First & Best booklist
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A Robert Munsch Collection
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Munsch en folie!
A Bunch of Munsch! (Combined volume)
A Robert Munsch Collection
Raconte-moi une histoire: Un ours pour déjeuner! / Makwa kidji kijebà wìsiniyàn
Bear for Breakfast
Un ours pour déjeuner! / Makwa kidji kijebà wìsiniyàn
Un ours pour déjeuner!
