Baby Smiles/ Weskewikwa'sit mijua'ji'j
- Publisher
- Nimbus Publishing
- Initial publish date
- Mar 2025
- Category
- General, Personal Hygiene
- Recommended Age
- 0 to 3
- Recommended Grade
- p
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Board book
- ISBN
- 9781774712214
- Publish Date
- Mar 2025
- List Price
- $14.95
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Description
A bilingual Mi'kmaw-English board book promoting dental health in baby's first year.
Every morning and every night I need help brushing my teeth.
Look at me smiling so healthy and happy.
Healthy gums and teeth improve overall wellness and quality of life, and help you feel confident in your smile. Beginning during pregnancy, there are things you can do to support your child's gum and teeth health.
This informative board book written in Mi'kmaw and English will teach caregivers how to support their child's oral health through their first year of life and beyond. Develop healthy habits and learn what food and drink is best for growing teeth and gums, when to take baby to their first dental visit, and the appropriate amount of toothpaste for children.
Written by the Tui'kn Partnership with support from the Dalhousie University Faculty of Dentistry, Baby Smiles will make sure that baby's teeth are healthy and happy their whole life long.
About the authors
The Tui'kn Partnership is committed to innovative, locally appropriate, and culturally relevant oral health promotion. Meaning "passage" in Mi'kmaw, Tui'kn is a health partnership within Unama'ki, or Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. The partnership consists of the five Unama'ki First Nations: Eskasoni, Membertou, Potlotek, Wagmatcook, and Waycobah. The Tui'kn Partnership aims to bring new ways of thinking about health and health services to families across Mi'kma'ki.
The Baby Smiles Team: Elaine Allison, Darlene Anganis, Karlee Francis, Shauna Hachey, Margot Latimer, Stacey Lewis, Jennifer MacDonald, Mary McNally, Courtney Pennell, Floyd Prosper, Sharon Rudderham, and Laurie Touesnard.
The Tui'kn Partnership's profile page
Loretta Gould is a Mi’kmaw quilter and painter who loves bright, beautiful colours. A self-taught artist, she grew up in Waycobah First Nation where she later raised five children of her own. She began making a living through her art quilts but, when her sewing machine broke in 2013, she decided to try her hand at painting. She’s been painting ever since. Loretta’s dream is to share her art with the world. For her, art is a way to get her spiritual feelings on canvas. The paintings in Counting in Mi’kmaw are done in acrylic: her paint of choice. This is her first book.
