Children's Fiction Native Canadian
Where Did You Get Your Moccasins?
- Publisher
- Portage & Main Press
- Initial publish date
- Sep 2016
- Category
- Native Canadian, New Experience, Diversity & Multicultural, Clothing & Dress
- Recommended Age
- 3 to 5
- Recommended Grade
- p to k
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781553796619
- Publish Date
- Sep 2016
- List Price
- $12.00
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781895416619
- Publish Date
- Mar 2016
- List Price
- $12.00
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781553798668
- Publish Date
- Aug 2019
- List Price
- $8.99
Classroom Resources
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Description
When a boy wears his new moccasins to a city school, his classmates want to know all about them. As the boy answers his classmate’s questions, readers learn who Kookum is, where leather comes from, and how leather is traditionally prepared for moccasins. But where did the beads come from?
Share this book with beginning readers to practise the important pre-reading concepts of rhythm and repetition.
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
Among American Indians in Children's Literature (AICL) Best Books 2022
American Indians in Children's Literature
Recommended.
Cooperative Children's Book Center
One of our favorite books.
American Indians in Children's Literature
