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Where Did You Get Your Moccasins? - by Bernelda Wheeler (Paperback)
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Highlights
- When a boy wears his new moccasins to a city school, his classmates want to know all about them.
- 3-5 Years
- 8.6" x 0.1" Paperback
- 24 Pages
- Juvenile Fiction, People & Places
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About the Book
When a boy wears his new moccasins to a city school, his classmates want to know all about them. Readers will learn who Kookum is, where leather comes from, and how leather is traditionally prepared for moccasins.
Share this book with beginning readers to practise the important pre-reading concepts of rhythm and repetition.
Book Synopsis
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.
Review Quotes
Among American Indians in Children's Literature (AICL) Best Books 2022
-- "American Indians in Children's Literature"One of our favorite books.
--Debbie Reese and Jean Mendoza "American Indians in Children's Literature"Recommended.
-- "Cooperative Children's Book Center"About the Author
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.