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Bowwow Powwow

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 Center

Illustrated 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

Bowwow Powwow