Kekwan Etakwak Mîkisîhk?/ What's in a Bead?

Tessa loves how her grandmother always smells of campfire stories. Mom says it's because Kohkom spends her days sewing beautiful beads onto smoked hides. Inspired, Tessa asks Kohkom to teach her beading, but first she must listen and learn the many stories held in a bead. Dual language edition in Ininîmowin (Cree N-dialect) and English.

About the author

Kelsey Borgford is Nbisiing Nishnaabe, from the Marten clan and Couchie family. She resides in her traditional territory of Nipissing First Nation. Kelsey is constantly seeking to become educated, and educate, about the culture. In all she does, her own Nokomis-baa is central to her story.

Product details

• Authors: Kelsey Borgford
• Assisted by: Tessa Pizzale (Illustration), Duane Linklater (Translation), Angela Shisheesh (Translation)
• Publisher: Second Story Press
• Languages: English, Ojibwa
• Age Recommendation: ages 6 to 8
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.03.2024
• EAN: 9781772603675
• ISBN: 978-1-77260-367-5
• No. of pages: 24
• Dimensions: 221 mm x 218 mm x 8 mm
• Weight: 227 g
• Subject: Children's and young people's books