 Two young Cree brothers, Joe and Cody, are spending the summer with their made-up toys, like stick friends and stone children. They find a wild baby Arctic tern, squirrels, rabbits, and chipmunks, and they make up names for everything, even the ants. Their favorite activity is flying dragonfly kites. They make them by catching dragonflies and tying thread around the middle of each dragonfly before letting it go. They then chase their dragonfly kites. At night, when they go to bed, they dream of the dragonflies. The creative, clear, and delicate collage illustrations are influenced by Cree artists. The book is written in English and Cree and is the second book in the Magical Songs of the North Wind trilogy. mjw |
| Title: Dragonfly Kites/Pimithaagansa Author: Tomson Highway Illustrator: Julie Flett Publisher: Fifth House Publishers, Canada Copyright: 2016 Original Language: English/Cree Translator: Tomson Highway Original publisher: Harper Collins Original Copyright: 2002 ISBN: 978-1-897252-63-5 Hardcover pages: 32 Age range: 6-8 Genre: Picture Book Book setting: Manitoba Author’s ethnicity: Born in Manitoba, Canadian, Aboriginal Author’s residence: Ontario Illustrator’s ethnicity: Cree-Metis ancestry Illustrator’s residence: Vancouver, BC Awards: Illustrator has won the first PMC Aboriginal Literature Award in 2014 Subjects: Bilingual books, Canada, Cree children, Dragonflies, Dreams, Kites, Siblings, Sleep |
Dragonfly Kites/Pimithaagansa
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