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Bowwow Powwow
CCBC Review:
Windy Girl and her dog Itchy Boy are inseparable. Inside the cab of Uncle’s truck (the best place for stories), Windy Girl listens to Uncle tell about the old days when, the night before the powwow, dancers went from house to house singing, “We are like dogs. We are like dogs.” and people gave them gifts. At a powwow at the end of the summer, Uncle’s story inspires Windy Girl’s dream about an all-dog powwow. Underneath this inventive and humorous fantasy, the text and illustrations give authentic details of what a powwow is like—the dancers, the drummers, the food stands, and the children going to bed early underneath the shooting stars. The text is bilingual in English and Ojibwe. ©2019 Cooperative Children’s Book CenterIllustrated by Jonathan Thunder, Gordon Jourdain
CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 4-7
Age Range:
PreK-Early Elementary (Ages 4-7)
Format:
Picture book
Subjects:
Animals (Fiction)
Bilingual Books
Dreams
First/Native Nations
Ojibwe Language
Ojibwe People
Diversity subject:
Indigenous
Publisher:
Minnesota Historical Society
Publish Year: 2018
Pages: 32
ISBN: 9781681340777
CCBC Location: Picture Book, Child