Key Selling Points:

• A dual-language counting board book with numbers 1-10 written in French and Anishinaabemowin/Ojibwe, one of North America’s most spoken Indigenous languages. Publishing simultaneously in an English and Anishinaabemowin/Ojibwe edition.
• Each page contains the French vocabulary and the Anishinaabemowin/Ojibwe vocabulary for the numbers and bug names.
• The Anishinaabemowin/Ojibwe words have a pronunciation key underneath on each page and the final pages contain a glossary with the meanings of all of the Anishinaabemowin/Ojibwe words.
• Written by an Anishinaabe author and educator, this colourful book is a welcoming introduction to the Ojibwe language and worldview, perfect for families and early learners on their language journey.
• Encourages curiosity in nature and the outdoors. Children will practice their numbers in two languages while also learning the vocabulary for ten different bugs.
• A gentle, multigenerational story about two young siblings exploring their Nokomis (grandmother) and Mishoomis’s (grandfather) yard. When the kids have a question about snails, they go find their Mishoomis for help!
• A longtime educator and artist, this is Gretchen Sands-Gamble’s debut book for children. She submitted the book for consideration as part of the Second Story Press Indigenous Writing Contest.
• Illustrator Storm Angeconeb is a mixed media artist who does painting and beading. She is the previous author and illustrator of the dual-language board book All My Relatives / Indinawemaaganidag (Native Northwest 2024).