Nibi's Water Song

Sunshine Tenasco, illustrated by Chief Lady Bird

Image | Book Cover: Nibi's Water Song by Sunshine Tenasco & Chief Lady Bird

(Scholastic)

Nibi is the Anishinaabemowin word for water. In Nibi's Water Song, 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, and then in widening circles the country and government, rally around her to make clean drinking water available for all. In a story perfectly levelled for young readers, there is a strong underlying message that even when a problem seems too large to face, every bit that everyone does helps. And inaction in the face of a wrong is not an option. (From Scholastic)

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Image | Nibi's Water Song

Caption: An interior image of Nibi's Water Song. Text by Sunshine Tenasco, illustration by Chief Lady Bird. (Scholastic)

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