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Taanishi: Maria Beads a Flower
Maria Beads a Flower is a realistic story about a Métis girl learning from her aunt how to bead a flower. In a dialogue with her neice, Aunty provides a step-by-step guide. The inside front cover offers cultural background information...
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Taanishi: Metis Dance Shapes
Métis Dance Shapes is an informational story about eight children learning how to dance in the Métis way. The text describes the moves the children make to create shapes, such as a circle, a star, and a cross. The inside front...
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Taanishi: Rabooboo Stew For Lunch
Rababoo Stew for Lunch is a realistic story about a Métis girl making rabbit stew with her Mooshoom. In a dialogue with his granddaughter, the chef provides a step-by-step recipe. The inside front cover offers cultural background...
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Taanishi: Squeak Squawk
Squeak Squawk! is a humorous story about a Métis boy learning to play the notes he needs to play “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star” on the fiddle. The inside front cover offers cultural background information and the inside back...
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Taanishi: The Fiddle Competition
The Fiddle Competition is a realistic story about a Métis boy who plays a waltz, a jig, and a reel at the John Arcand Fiddle Fest after much practicing. The inside front cover offers cultural background information and the inside back cover...
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Taanishi: The Metis Star Dance
The Métis Star Dance is an informational story illustrating how to do the Métis Star Dance. The text is made up of the dance calls. The inside front cover offers cultural background information and the inside back cover provides...
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Taanishi: Time to Dance
Time to Dance a realistic text showing children putting on traditional Métis sashes in preparation for dancing. Much of the text is repeated, such as the teacher’s prompt “Time to dance.” The inside front cover offers...
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Taanishi: We Are Metis!
We Are Métis! is an informational story about the activities Métis children enjoy. The inside front cover offers cultural background information and the inside back cover provides instructional suggestions. Each page follows the...
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Taanishi: What do you Like on Your Beignes?
What Do You Like On Your Beignes? is a realistic story about a Métis boy having a beigne lunch with his grandmother. The inside front cover offers cultural background information and the inside back cover provides instructional suggestions...
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Taanishi: What's for Lunch
What’s for Lunch? is a realistic story about Métis sisters coming home from school for lunch with mom. The inside front cover offers cultural background information and the inside back cover provides instructional suggestions. The text...
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Taanishi: Where is the Metis Flag
Where is the Métis flag? is a simple text with photographs of the Métis flag in various locations. The inside front cover offers cultural background information and the inside back cover provides instructional suggestions. Each page...
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Taanishi: Where's the Roogaroo?
Where’s the Roogaroo? is a realistic fiction story about the traditional werewolf of Métis stories. Roogaroo is hiding on, in, between, and around different things. The story is narrated with photographs. Where’s the Roogaroo? is a...