When the Trees Crackle with Cold: A Cree Calendar

Publisher's description (Your Nickel's Worth Publishing, 2016): Bernice Johnson-Laxdal is Cree. This beautifully illustrated Picturebook brings the 12 month calendar, nature, and Canada together. A bear sleeping safely in her den, Kohkom telling a story by the fire, the trees crackling with cold—we are all connected to the seasons and the cycle of nature. The calming rhythm of the words echoes the rhythm of the land in this timeless Picturebook about the moon calendar of the northern Cree, and its warmly rendered watercolour illustrations bring Saskatchewan’s north to life. When the Trees Crackle with Cold is written in English and the northern Plains Cree (y-dialect).

Resource format: Picturebook

Age recommendation: Kindergarten - Grade 5

Keywords: nature, seasons, moon calendar, Northern Plains Cree language, calendar, language revitalization

Year of publication: 2016

Publisher information: Your Nickel's Worth Publishing