Description
Sunshine Quem Tenasco is Anishinabe, from Kitigàn Zìbì Anishinàbe. She is a clean water activist, mother of four and an entrepreneur, founder of Her Braids (herbraids.com) and Pow Wow Pitch (powwowpitch.org). Nibi’s Water Song was her first book and she is also the author of Smile So Big, illustrated by Chief Lady Bird. Chief Lady Bird is a Chippewa and Potawatomi artist from Rama First Nation and Moose Deer Point First Nation. Nibi’s Water Song was her first book; she is also the illustrator of Smile So Big, written by Sunshine Quem Tenasco. Tina Nottaway is an Algonquin Anicinabe Ikwe artist and translator from Rapid Lake, Quebec.
Nibi is determined to bring clean water to her community.
Nibi is the Anishinabemowin word for water. In Nibi’s Water Song, Nibi is an Indigenous girl on the search for clean water to drink. Though she is faced with repeated obstacles, Nibi’s joyful and determined energy becomes a catalyst for change and action as her community rallies around her to make clean drinking water available for all.
First published in 2020, Nibi’s Water Song was shortlisted for both the IODE Jean Throop Award and longlisted for the First Nations Communities READ Award. This dual language edition presents the text in both English and Anishinabemowin. Audience: Ages 4-8.
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