Children's Fiction Native Canadian
I Can't Have Bannock but the Beaver Has a Dam
- Publisher
- Portage & Main Press
- Initial publish date
- Mar 2016
- Category
- Native Canadian, Cooking & Food, Mammals, Environment
- Recommended Age
- 3 to 5
- Recommended Grade
- p to k
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781553796626
- Publish Date
- Mar 2016
- List Price
- $12.00
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781553798637
- Publish Date
- Aug 2019
- List Price
- $8.99
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Description
This beloved Indigenous classic begins when a little boy asks, “Mom, can I have some bannock?” Despite having all the ingredients, Mom can’t make bannock.
As the little boy asks “why,” beginning readers learn about the connections between living things in an ecosystem through the ripple effects of a beaver building a dam.
Children will be eager to chime in as Mom answers the little boy’s questions about the power outage in their community and how it impacts his family. Enjoy Mom’s bannock with your young reader using the recipe in the back of the book.
About the authors
Bernelda Wheeler (1937–2005) was an author, poet, journalist, actor, broadcaster and social activist, perhaps best known for her work on CBC Radio’s “Our Native Land.” For her pioneering work in media and literary circles, she was awarded the Order of Canada (1991) and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Anskohk Aboriginal Literacy Festival (2005). Her children’s books explore the importance of relationships to the land, as well as traditional Indigenous knowledge passed from generation to generation.
Bernelda Wheeler's profile page
Herman Bekkering is a freelance illustrator from Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Editorial Reviews
Recommended for all elementary school libraries.
CM Association
The First Lady of Indigenous Broadcasting ...[left] behind a huge legacy and a lasting impact on future Indigenous writers, journalists and her own descendants.
CBC