Missing nimama
Title
:
Missing nimama
Personal Author EPSB
:
Melanie, Florence
Summary
:
A young mother, one of the many missing indigenous women, watches over her small daughter as she grows up without her nimama, experiencing important milestones - her first day of school, first dance, first date, wedding, first child - from afar. A free verse story of love, loss, and acceptance told in alternating voices. Missing Nimama shows the human side of a tragic set of circumstances. An afterword by the author provides a simple, age-appropriate context for young readers. Includes a glossary of Cree terms.
Other Title
:
Missing mother
Year Published
:
2015
Physical Description
:
1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrations ; 29 cm
Note
:
Written in English with some key words in the Cree language.
Awards
:
2016 TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award finalist.
Subject
:
Grief in children -- Fiction.
Cree language materials.
Families -- Fiction.
Mothers and daughters -- Fiction.
Genre
:
Picture book.
Canadian fiction.
Added Author
:
Thisdale, François, 1964-
Summary
:
A young mother, one of the many missing indigenous women, watches over her small daughter as she grows up without her nimama, experiencing important milestones - her first day of school, first dance, first date, wedding, first child - from afar. A free verse story of love, loss, and acceptance told in alternating voices. Missing Nimama shows the human side of a tragic set of circumstances. An afterword by the author provides a simple, age-appropriate context for young readers. Includes a glossary of Cree terms.
ISBN
:
9780993935145
Publisher
:
Richmond Hill, ON : Clockwise Press, 2015.
©2015
| Library | Call Number | Type | Item Barcode | Status |
|---|
| Westbrook | E FLO | Book | 30197000228039 | Picture Books |