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I Can't Have Bannock but the Beaver Has a Dam

By Bernelda Wheeler
Illustrated by Herman Bekkering
Imprint: HighWater Press

Categories: Children's Fiction, Indigenous, Cooking & Food, Environment, Mammals
Big Ideas: Aspects of Indigenous Cultures, Traditional Foods, Contemporary Setting, STEM, Energy, Structures

Interest Age: 3–5
Grade: p–k
Reading Level: Fountas & Pinnell J, Lexile® Framework for Reading: AD490L
Paperback : 9781553796626, 32 pages, March 2016
Ebook (PDF) : 9781553798620, 30 pages, August 2019
Ebook (EPUB) : 9781553798637, 30 pages, August 2019
Ebook (Mobi) : 9781553798644, 30 pages, August 2019
Read Excerpt

Practise the important pre-reading concepts of rhythm and repetition with this picture book perfect for reading aloud.

Description

This beloved Indigenous classic begins when a little boy asks, “Mom, can I have some bannock?” Despite having all the ingredients, Mom can’t make bannock.

As the little boy asks “why,” beginning readers learn about the connections between living things in an ecosystem through the ripple effects of a beaver building a dam.

Children will be eager to chime in as Mom answers the little boy’s questions about the power outage in their community and how it impacts his family. Enjoy Mom’s bannock with your young reader using the recipe in the back of the book.

Reviews

Recommended for all elementary school libraries.

Sharon A. McLennan McCue, CM Association

The First Lady of Indigenous Broadcasting . ..[left] behind a huge legacy and a lasting impact on future Indigenous writers, journalists and her own descendants.

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