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Wolverine and Little Thunder
Wolverine and Little Thunder: A Story of the First Canoe | Alan Syliboy
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From the bestselling creator of The Thundermaker comes another adventure featuring Little Thunder and Wolverine--a trickster, who is strong and fierce and loyal. The two are best of friends, even though Wolverine can sometimes get them into trouble. Their favourite pastime is eel fishing, whether it's cutting through winter ice with a stone axe or catching eels in traditional stone weirs in the summer. But that all changes one night, when they encounter the giant river eel--the eel that is too big to catch. The eel that hunts people! At once a universal story of friendship and problem-solving, Wolverine and Little Thunder is a contemporary invocation of traditional Mi'kmaw knowledge, reinforcing the importance of the relationship between the Mi'kmaq and eel, a dependable year-round food source traditionally offered to Glooscap, the Creator, for a successful hunt.
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Nova Scotia Mi‘kmaq artist Alan Silyboy has followed his The Thundermaker with another picture book about Little Thunder. Once again, the mixed media art is stunning and the tale is engrossing. #Indigenous #kidlit #AllAges #Canadian #picturebook

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The only reason I‘m not giving this picture book a 5-star rating is because of the text design. On some pages the text is placed over a cloud that grays the artwork beneath. Sometimes white text (with a gray shadow) is placed against a bright yellow background. In both cases, I find the effect visually unappealing and not easy to read.

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Mi‘maq artist Alan Syliboy says he is inspired by petroglyphs. I love these animals and the texture of the landscape they are leaping through.

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It‘s National Indigenous Peoples Day in Canada. I‘m celebrating by reading some books from IBBY Canada‘s 2021 update to their recommended Indigenous picture books list. 125 titles: https://www.ibby-canada.org/indigenous-picture-book-collection/

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