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Hummingbird/Aamo-binashee

Jennifer Leason

Illustrator: Jennifer Leason

Ages: 9+

Published: 2024

Publisher: Orca Book Publishers

ISBN: 978-1-4598-3714-0

Keywords: Folklore/Fairy Tales-Ojibwe, Chippewa, Great Lakes Native American, Manitoba, Hudson Bay, Sasketchewan

Children are admonished by their grandparents to flee the dreaded Windigo, a manifestation of dehumanizing forces, and embrace Hummingbird, the messenger who nurtures the spirit. Lyrical text, dreamlike acrylic illustrations. Bilingual in Anishinaabemowin and English.