Missing nimama
Titre
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Missing nimama
Melanie, Florence
Sommaire
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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.
Missing mother
Date de publication comme intervalle
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2015
Description matérielle
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1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrations ; 29 cm
Note générale
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Written in English with some key words in the Cree language.
2016 TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award finalist.
Terme de vedette-matière
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Grief in children -- Fiction.
Cree language materials.
Families -- Fiction.
Mothers and daughters -- Fiction.
Genre
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Picture book.
Canadian fiction.
Vedette secondaire auteur
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Thisdale, François, 1964-
Résumé
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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.
Numéro international normalisé des livres (ISBN)
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9780993935145
Informations de publication
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Richmond Hill, ON : Clockwise Press, 2015.
©2015
| Bibliothèque | Numéro de rayon | Type de document | Code à barres du document | Statut |
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| Westbrook | E FLO | Book | 30197000228039 | Picture Books |