Taanishi: Back to Batoche Days

Back to Batoche Days is an informational story about Back to Batoche Days, an annual celebration of Métis culture.  The inside front cover offers cultural background information and the inside back cover provides instructional suggestions.

Many sentences begin with the stem “We see –” and all the sentences are simple in structure.  Photographs support the text directly. 

Potentially unfamiliar words are defined in the glossary, such as bannock, jig, reel, and chuckwagon.

This title is from the Taanishi series. Support literacy learning and introduce beginning readers to Métis language, culture, values, and traditions.