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by Tomson Highway (Author), Delphine Renon (Illustrator)
An outlandish musical tale featuring a town full of rabbits and eight jazzy songs in Cree! Once upon a magical time, a young rabbit named Weeskits hurried home to Kisoos--a town known as the Earth's belly button--to deliver some thrilling news. Salamoo Cook, the Grand Chief of all rabbits in the world, was on his way to announce a mysterious contest. The prize? A year's supply of all-healing waaskee-choos juice fresh from spruce cones that have just fallen. Would Weeskits be able to help his brother Keegach win the juice to rid his wife of the dreadful manchoos? Grand Chief Salamoo Is Coming to Town! is a laugh-out-loud riot of a tale, interspersed with eight jazzy songs performed in Cree. The musical picture book includes a glossary developed by the Cree Literacy Network. A free pronunciation manual, teaching guide, and activity sheets are available at www.thesecretmountain.com. Scan the QR code to listen to the narrated story and songs online.
Author Biography
Tomson Highway is one of Canada's most renowned storytellers. As a celebrated author, playwright, and musician, his work shines a light on Indigenous people and culture. His plays, The Rez Sisters and Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing, are performed around the world. His memoir, Permanent Astonishment, won the 2021 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction. In 2022, he received the Governor General's Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement. Highway is also an Officer of the Order of Canada and in 1998, Maclean's magazine named him one of the "100 most important people in Canadian history." Delphine Renon is a French illustrator, ceramicist, and graphic designer. After graduating from ﾉcole de Communication visuelle de Paris, she joined ﾉditions Nathan jeunesse where she became artistic director in 1998. Since 2014, she has illustrated over 30 picture books including The Quiet Crocodile and Emmett and Caleb, which was nominated for the 2020 Kate Greenaway Medal.
