Cooking & Food

Awâsis and the World-Famous Bannock

By Dallas Hunt
Illustrated by Amanda Strong
Categories: Children's Fiction, Indigenous, Friendship, General, Cooking & Food
Big Ideas: Aspects of Indigenous Cultures, Traditional Foods, Social Emotional Learning, Friendship, Responsibility, STEM, Positional Language, Properties of Matter
Cultures & Peoples: Cree
Indigenous Languages: Cree, Words or Phrases

During an unfortunate mishap, young Awâsis loses Kôhkum’s freshly baked world-famous bannock. Not knowing what to do, Awâsis seeks out a variety of other-than-human relatives willing to help. What ...

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

By Bernelda Wheeler
Illustrated by Herman Bekkering
Categories: Children's Fiction, Indigenous, Cooking & Food, Environment, Mammals
Big Ideas: Aspects of Indigenous Cultures, Traditional Foods, Contemporary Setting, STEM, Energy, Structures

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 ...