Wolverine and Little Thunder : an eel fishing story
Title
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Wolverine and Little Thunder : an eel fishing story
Personal Author EPSB
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Alan, Syliboy
Summary
:
"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.".
Other Title
:
Wolverine & Little Thunder
Year Published
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2019
Physical Description
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subject
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Fishing -- Fiction.
Friendship -- Fiction.
First Nations -- Fiction.
Genre
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Folk tales.
Summary
:
"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.".
ISBN
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9781771087278
Publisher
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Halifax, NS : Nimbus Publishing, 2019.
©2019
Library | Call Number | Type | Item Barcode | Status |
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Edmonton Christian West | FNMI SYL | Book | 38515000481815 | First Nations, Métis, & Inuit Resource |