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Each full moon in an annual cycle was named by the Mi’kmaq to relate to a seasonal event, such as tomcod spawning, birds laying eggs or berry ripening. For the past decade Mi’kmaw Elders and Knowledge Keepers have shared stories of the traditional night sky calendar with authors Cathy LeBlanc and David Chapman. In this book Cathy relays this knowledge in stories told to her young relation Holly. Each moon’s story is richly illustrated with an evocative colour painting created for this book by the noted Mi’kmaw artist Loretta Gould. Alongside this presentation of the Mi’kmaw time-keeping traditions, this book offers a brief history of the modern Western calendar, and some basic astronomy facts about the moon’s phases and why the seasons change. This two-eyed seeing approach takes young readers on a journey through one full year in Mi’kma’ki.","forthcoming":false,"isbn13":"9781459507036","publication_date":"20221101","publisher":"Formac Publishing Company Limited","slug":"mi-kmaw-moons","subtitle":"The Seasons in Mi'kma'ki","title":"Mi'kmaw Moons"},"discovery":{"categories":{"all":[{"bisac_code":"JUV030140","confidence_band":"medium","label":"Indigenous Teachings","score":0.7648,"source":"bisac_hint_model"},{"bisac_code":"JNF038120","confidence_band":"medium","label":"Indigenous Canada","score":0.7542,"source":"bisac_hint_model"},{"bisac_code":"JUV030090","confidence_band":"medium","label":"Native Canadian Stories","score":0.7491,"source":"bisac_hint_model"}],"hint":[{"bisac_code":"JUV030140","confidence_band":"medium","label":"Indigenous Teachings","score":0.7648,"source":"bisac_hint_model"},{"bisac_code":"JNF038120","confidence_band":"medium","label":"Indigenous Canada","score":0.7542,"source":"bisac_hint_model"},{"bisac_code":"JUV030090","confidence_band":"medium","label":"Native Canadian Stories","score":0.7491,"source":"bisac_hint_model"}],"publisher":[{"bisac_code":"JUV016160","confidence_band":"high","label":"Canadian History","score":1,"source":"onix_publisher_code"},{"bisac_code":"JUV029000","confidence_band":"high","label":"Nature & Wildlife","score":1,"source":"onix_publisher_code"},{"bisac_code":"JUV030090","confidence_band":"high","label":"Native Canadian Stories","score":1,"source":"onix_publisher_code"}]},"genres":[{"label":"Indigenous Teachings","score":0.7648,"slug":"indigenous-teachings"},{"label":"Indigenous Canada","score":0.7542,"slug":"indigenous-canada"},{"label":"Native Canadian Stories","score":0.7491,"slug":"native-canadian-stories"}],"reader_fit":["Young readers interested in Mi’kmaw seasonal traditions and the night sky"],"related_lists":[],"series":null,"similar_books":[{"authors":["Lea Redmond"],"book_id":"9781685550028","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9781685550028.jpg?v=83dbd2610b27016b","score":0.7203,"title":"Our Friend Moon","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9781685550028"},{"authors":["Jane Yolen"],"book_id":"9780399214578","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9780399214578.jpg?v=0263c24e4065291a","score":0.6917,"title":"Owl Moon","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9780399214578"},{"authors":["Natasha Khan Kazi"],"book_id":"9780358694090","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9780358694090.jpg?v=71b0e51fcf217739","score":0.6913,"title":"Moon's Ramadan","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9780358694090"},{"authors":["Benson Shum"],"book_id":"9780593658833","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9780593658833.jpg?v=e1ff14995760e43d","score":0.6844,"title":"Mooncakes Mean Family","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9780593658833"},{"authors":["Britta Teckentrup"],"book_id":"9780593372395","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9780593372395.jpg?v=ffb28158cd4a5b3f","score":0.6838,"title":"Moon: a Peek-through Board Book","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9780593372395"},{"authors":["Liz Garton Scanlon"],"book_id":"9780525514558","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9780525514558.jpg?v=09b4a37267b9dc14","score":0.6774,"title":"Full Moon Pups","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9780525514558"},{"authors":["Stacy McAnulty"],"book_id":"9781250199348","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9781250199348.jpg?v=7a9d7c734f14d482","score":0.675,"title":"Moon! 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