Description
Longlisted, First Nations Communities Read, 2020, Children's Award
Jury-selected for the 2018-2020 From Sea to Sea to Sea: Celebrating Indigenous Picture Book collection (IBBY Canada).
Wolverine and Little Thunder: An Eel Fishing Story is by bestselling author of The Thundermaker, Alan Syliboy, Mi’kmaw. Wolverine and Little Thunder: An Eel Fishing Story, is an adventure about best friends Little Thunder and Wolverine, a strong, fierce and loyal trickster. Little Thunder lives with mother and father and has many animal friends including his favourite, sometime reckless friend, Wolverine. Respected by Elders and Little Thunder, Wolverine helps Little Thunder in his grooming to take his father's place as Thundermaker. They chase caribou and fish through the seasons. Eels were a favourite fish to catch and this becomes the focus of the story – a giant eel, and what becomes of this eel.