Review of An Anishinaabe Christmas

by Kitty Flynn
Nov 22, 2024 | Filed in Book Reviews

An Anishinaabe Christmas An Anishinaabe Christmas
by Wab Kinew; illus. by Erin Hill
Preschool, Primary    Tundra    48 pp.
10/24    9781774883570    $18.99
e-book ed.  9781774883587    $10.99

During the car ride to celebrate Christmas on the Rez, Baby asks questions that Mommy and Daddy patiently answer, sharing Anishinaabe customs and beliefs. Once they arrive, Baby tells their grandparents, Kookum and Mooshom, what they learned: “we are all family”; “it is good to give things away”; “home is where we come from.” Hill’s digital illustrations feature a loving Native family proud of their culture. An endnote explains the relationship between traditional Anishinaabe winter solstice observances and the adopted holiday of Christmas.

From the ">November/December 2024 issue of The Horn Book Magazine.

Kitty Flynn

Kitty Flynn is reviews editor for The Horn Book, Inc.

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