In this warm and joyful picture book highly recommended by Debbie Reese, children learn Cree from Nimoshom, their school bus driver.
Based on the author’s memories of her grandfather, Nimoshom is not your average bus driver. He loves to drive the school bus, tell silly stories, and share his language with the kids who ride his bus.
Nimoshom and His Bus introduces readers to common Cree words and phrases alongside the common childhood experience of riding the school bus. A Cree word list is included in the back of the book.
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Nimoshom and His Bus
In this warm and joyful picture book highly recommended by Debbie Reese, children learn Cree from Nimoshom, their school bus driver.
Based on the author’s memories of her grandfather, Nimoshom is not your average bus driver. He loves to drive the school bus, tell silly stories, and share his language with the kids who ride his bus.
Nimoshom and His Bus introduces readers to common Cree words and phrases alongside the common childhood experience of riding the school bus. A Cree word list is included in the back of the book.
In this warm and joyful picture book highly recommended by Debbie Reese, children learn Cree from Nimoshom, their school bus driver.
Based on the author’s memories of her grandfather, Nimoshom is not your average bus driver. He loves to drive the school bus, tell silly stories, and share his language with the kids who ride his bus.
Nimoshom and His Bus introduces readers to common Cree words and phrases alongside the common childhood experience of riding the school bus. A Cree word list is included in the back of the book.
Penny M. Thomas, of Cree-Ojibway background, believes in approaching healing from all directions, with storytelling key to this purpose. She is an advocate for First Nations people and works in the field of psychology and therapy. Her first book for children, Powwow Counting in Cree, is the winner of the McNally Robinson Book for Young People Award.
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Karen Hibbard (she/her/hers) is a freelance illustrator who lives and works in Victoria, BC. Karen loved being read to when she was a child, and she hopes to recreate those magical experiences for families through her art. Drawing on a long career as a visual artist, Karen has illustrated picture books for Planète Rebelle, Les Éditions du Soleil de Minuit, and Annick Press as well as several activity books with Éditions Mango on behalf of the Musée d’Orsay.
In her free time, Karen enjoys watching hummingbirds and makes sure her feeder is always full of sugar water!
Nimoshom and His Bus offers an empowering approach to activating language for families who already use elements of Cree at home, but may not think of themselves as fluent. It also serves as a strong introduction to the language for anyone looking to learn more or teach their children.
