Cover image for The song within my heart
Title:
The song within my heart
Personal Author EPSB:
Dave, Bouchard
Summary:
A young First Nations boy is preparing for his first pow-wow. The young boy's Nokum - his beloved grandmother - guides him through the events of the day and helps him to understand what the singing and dancing are about. With Nokum by his side, the boy learns that he must find his own song - the song within his heart.
Year Published:
2002
Physical Description:
[32] p. : col. ill., ports. ; 25 cm.
Note:
GOVERNOR GENERAL AWARD 2003
Reading Grade level:
3.4
Age Interest level:
PreS-Gr. 3
Grade Interest level:
All Juvenile
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader MG 3.6 0.5 65925

Social Studies
Awards:
Governor General's Literary Awards (Juvenile illustration)
Subject:
First Nations dance -- Fiction.

Grandparent and child -- Fiction.

First Nations -- Saskatchwan -- Fiction.

Stories in rhyme.

Powwows -- Fiction

Cree (First Nation) -- Art.

Cree (First Nation) -- Fiction.

Grandmothers -- Fiction.

Aboriginal

Cree (First Nation) -- Rites and ceremonies.
Curriculum Objective:
Social Studies---Study and teaching---Grade 4 local

Social studies -- Grade 1.1. local

Social studies -- Grade 2.1. local

Social studies -- Grade 1.2. local

Social studies -- Grade 4. local

Social studies -- Grade 5. local

Cultures: traditions. local

Aboriginal studies. local
Added Author:
Sapp, Allen, 1929-
ISBN:
9781551925592
Publisher:
Vancouver : Raincoast Books, c2002.
Edmonton Public Schools