It's a Mitig!
Description
This award-winning, bestselling early introduction to the Ojibwe language is now available in a board book edition.
Giizis—the sun—rises. What’s hiding in the trees? It’s a mitig!
From sunup to sundown, little ones will explore the forest and meet a curious amik playing with sticks, a prickly gaag hiding in the bushes and a big, bark-covered mitig.
With vibrant artwork, and free online audio recordings available to help build the confidence of early language learners, It’s a Mitig! is a joyful celebration of language and land—created to spark a lifelong love of learning.
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Bridget George is an Anishinaabe author-illustrator and graphic designer. The hardcover picture book edition of It's a Mitig! was her first book. She is the illustrator of the Richard Wagamese Storybook Collection: The Animal People Choose a Leader and The Inquisitive Raven. She is a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard winner and Jane Addams Book Award finalist for Autumn Peltier, Water Warrior (Roaring Brook Press) by New York Times bestselling author Carole Lindstrom. She was raised on the Kettle and Stony Point First Nation and now lives in London, Ontario.