Cover image for Hummingbird = Aamo-binashee
Title:
Hummingbird = Aamo-binashee
Author:
Leason, Jennifer, author, illustrator, translator.
Added Author:
Chartrand, Norman, translator.

Translation of (work): Leason, Jennifer. Hummingbird. Ojibwa & English.
Publication Date:
2024
Publication Information:
Victoria, British Columbia : Orca Book Publishers, 2024.

©2024.
Physical Description:
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
ISBN:
9781459837140
Abstract:
"In this dual-language picture book in English and Saulteaux-Anishinaabemowin, a girl is chased by Windigo, who preys on her isolation and insecurity. But Kokum calls to the girl with a message of hope, and a hummingbird arrives with teachings of love and resilience."-- Provided by publisher.
General Note:
"This story is told in both Anishinaabemowin and English. There are many dialects of Anishinaabemowin, and this book presents a phonetic spelling of the language as learned by the author and co-translator in Duck Bay, northeastern Manitoba. This dialect is sometimes referred to as Western Ojibwa, Nakawēmowin, Saulteaux or Plains Ojibwa." -- Inside front cover.
Subject Term:
Indigenous children -- Canada -- Juvenile fiction.

Grandmothers -- Juvenile fiction.

Windigos -- Juvenile fiction.

Hummingbirds -- Juvenile fiction.

Self-esteem -- Juvenile fiction.

Ojibwemowin language -- Juvenile fiction.

Ojibwe -- Juvenile fiction.

First Nations -- Juvenile fiction.

Bilingual books -- Juvenile fiction.

Ojibwe language materials -- Bilingual.

Indigenous authors.

Indigenous illustrators.
Genre:
Picture books.
Language:
Ojibwa
Additional Language:
In English and in Saulteaux-Anishinaabemowin.
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