Munsch children's book translated into Ojibwa (fwd)

[phil cash cash]

Anytime Rolland, it is good to know that the news is of interest.   
sometimes i am a bit uncertain on posting particular news items and so  
forth.  so the feedback is helpful.

qo'c (later),

phil cash cash
UofA, ILAT

On Apr 24, 2004, at 8:42 AM, Rolland Nadjiwon wrote:

> Thanks Phil...I live in Sault Ste. Marie and teach at the local  
> university
> and have not heard of this. I used Munsch's 'The Loving Tree' in my
> Children's Illustrated Literature class last Fall. Thanks for the  
> post. No
> wonder the USA is the USA and Canada is just an 'a?' :)
>
> -------
> wahjeh
> rolland nadjiwon
>
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> Munsch children's book translated into Ojibwa
> http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/LondonFreePress/Today/2004/04/24/ 
> 434215.html
>
> SAULT STE. MARIE -- In English it's Mmm Cookies. In Ojibwa: Mmm
> Pkwezhgaanhsak. Robert Munsch's 2000 children's book, about a kid who
> makes realistic-looking cookies out of clay and feeds them to his
> parents, will be launched in its Ojibwa version next week during the
> Canadian author's visit to Sault College.
>
> The author of Smelly Socks, The Paper Bag Princess and I Have to Go has
> granted the college permission to translate, at no cost, three of his
> published and seven unpublished works into Ojibwa.
>
> "Having a title available in Ojibwa will catch the interest of
> aboriginal children," said Carolyn Hepburn, Ojibwa language initiatives
> co-ordinator at Sault College. "The book supports our efforts to help
> native people reclaim the Ojibwa language."
>
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