Wolverine and Little Thunder : an eel fishing story

Title
Wolverine and Little Thunder : an eel fishing story

Personal Author EPSB
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
2019

Physical Description
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm.

Subject
Fishing -- Fiction.
 
Friendship -- Fiction.
 
First Nations -- Fiction.

Genre
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
9781771087278

Publisher
Halifax, NS : Nimbus Publishing, 2019.
 
©2019


LibraryCall NumberTypeItem BarcodeStatus
Edmonton Christian WestFNMI SYLBook38515000481815First Nations, Métis, & Inuit Resource