Waaboos miinawaa Mkwa Zidens: Gchi- Twaa Niizhwaaswi – Mnaadendiwin is the Rabbit and Bear Paws: Sacred Seven picture book on the Teaching Respect translated in Anishinabemowin.

Students can relate to problems in this Graphic Novel. GN-01 includes two bullying stories, the first is focused on physical bullying and how a small event can lead to violence.

The second story is about emotional bullying and how excluding people is just as dangerous as physical bullying.

The Novel is 8.5" x 11" with big, bright colorful pictures. The perfect tool for teaching students about bullying.

The protagonists in these Ojibwe-centric graphic novels are Ojibwe brothers dealing, in their inimitable ways, with their land-hungry new neighbors. Rabbit is a shrewd, cunning little guy, a headstrong kid who often confuses bravery with bravado. His younger brother, Bear Paws, is way larger and stronger, kind of gullible, and always ready to pull Rabbit out of a scheme-gone-awry. The two are good, likable kids, sprinkling themselves with spirit powder to transform into animals, trying to get out of trouble, trying to get out of chores, and generally remembering the old stories and the traditional lessons they impart. In "The Sugar Bush" our young heroes encounter a troop of bumbling British soldiers who don't speak Ojibwe and have no idea how to live on the land.

Grade: 4-6

Newcomers to the Otter Lake native reserve don't go unnoticed for long. So it's no surprise that 16-year-old Tiffany's curiosity is piqued when her father rents out her room to a complete stranger.

But little do Tiffany, her father, or even her insightful Granny Ruth suspect the truth about their guest. The mysterious Pierre LeErrant has a dreadful secret. After centuries roaming Europe as a brooding vampire, he has returned home to reclaim his Native roots before facing the rising sun and certain death. Meanwhile, Tiffany is deeply troubled. she doubts her boyfriend is being faithful, has escalating disputes with her father, and her estranged mother is starting a new life with somebody else.

Fed up and heartsick, Tiffany threatens drastic measures and flees into the bush. There, in the midnight woods, a chilling encounter with LeErrant changes everything as Pierre introduces Tiffany to her proud Native heritage. For Pierre, though, destiny is fixed at sunrise.

In this stunning graphic version of the award-winning novel first developed as a play in 1992, artist Mike Wyatt brings a brilliant story to visual life.

Bear Walker presents the Seven Grandfather Teaching: Dbaadendizin (Humility) in comic format. Throughout their brothers' adventures readers are introduced to stories featuring Nanaboozhoo, the Trickster. In this edition a brief story about how to catch rabbits is woven into the storyline. The setting for this story is winter and the main characters find a difficult foe in a Bear Walker who threatens their village. The boy's mother is willing to sacrifice herself to this Bear Walker as Rabbit challenges the old man to a race. The seriousness of the matter is brought home by the explanation of the nature of Bear Walkers. The race will be the most difficult task in the boys' lives. Rabbit knows he must succeed and prays for help. The race begins and the challenger proves that an old man could defeat a youth but when the Bear Walker slips and falls Rabbit wins the challenge. The village is safe from the ravages of the Bear Walker. And through it all the characters learn the true meaning of being humble. This is a unique resource that may interest reluctant readers in finding out about Ojibwe history and teachings

A new child has been born to Gwaiyum and all the family is excited, except for Widi. When the baby is born, she is not given a name because she will not stop crying. Then her eyes land on Widi’s warrior doll, she stops abruptly and breaks into a wide smile. The parents ask Widi to give the doll to her, but he refuses.

Eagle tells him the story about when the Great Spirit was angry with the people for taking from the land and giving nothing in return, so he caused a great drought. Everyone was worried, but a little girl, Agas, knew what to do. She offered her most prized possession, the doll her late father had given to her, to the Great Spirit to ask for rain. The Great Spirit was pleased, and the rains returned.

Widi decides to make his new sister happy and to help the people of the village by giving her his doll. Widi names the baby, who is now quiet and happy, Agas, which means, “She who is not alone.”