Come and Learn With Me: Ewo, Seh Kedidih

Publisher's Description (Fifth House Publishers): 
Nine-year-old Sheyenne lives in Sambaa K'e, Northwest Territories-that's Trout Lake in English. Come learn with her as she takes you on a journey to her community in the fall, the season of moose.

This is the fourth book in the popular series The Land Is Our Storybook" and features the Dehcho region of the Dene. "The Land Is Our Storybook" is a series of books about the lands and cultures of Canada's Northwest Territories. In the books, storytellers, elders, and cultural leaders from the ten regions in the Territories share real stories of everyday life in the North today.

Author Biography (Fifth House Publishers): 
Mindy Willett is an educator from Yellowknife, the capital of the Northwest Territories. She is a teacher at heart although no longer in the classroom. She first came north to Rankin Inlet, Nunavut in 1987 and most recently taught in Kugluktuk, Nunavut from 1996 to 2000. Mindy stopped being a classroom teacher when she had her son Jack. To remain home as much as possible, she started her own home-based business, writing and providing consultation about educational materials.

Mindy co-authors a series of children's books, The Land Is Our Storybook, set in the Canadian North. Mindy still lives in Yellowknife, with her husband and their two children.

Tessa Macintosh is an award-winning northern photographer who has lived and worked north of 60° for over two decades and has been the official photographer for the government of the Northwest Territories for over 10 years. As one of the few professional photographers in the north, Tessa has developed a varied repertoire of photographic skills. She is based out of Yellowknife in the Northwest Territories and has worked on all of the "The Land is Our Storybook" series, capturing poignant moments in every-day lives.Author Biography

(Strong Nations): 
Sheyenne Jumbo is from the Sambaa K’e Dene Band in the Northwest Territories.

Resource format: Picturebook

Age recommendation: Grades 4-7

Keywords: children, community, fall, northern Canada, Dene, land based learning, Dene, cultural knowledge, traditional knowledge, food sovereignty, seasons, season changes, identity, Northwest Territories, family, family relationships, family dynamics

Year of publication: 2009

Publisher information: Fifth House Publishers