The first title in the series shows how Nanabosho came to earth to teach respect for all living things.

Birth of Nanabosho (The Nanabosho Series)

McLellan, Joe

Literature & Fiction

Pemmican Publications

Nanabosho Steals Fire (Nanabosho Series)

Children's Books

Fairy Tales, Folk Tales & Myths

In this legend, Kitchi Manitou presents Nanabosho with a gift of tobacco to be used for offering before using the other gifts that were put forth on this earth. Nanabosho, in his hurry to appease his hunger, promptly forgets the tobacco. But he does not forget the advice given by Kitchi Manitou. He lets his hunger gnaw at him while he tries to figure out what to do. The legend tells how the hoop dances started...

Nanabosho Dances

Soaring Eagle is left with no food for his family for the winter. Trout shows him how to catch as many fish as he needs. When Soaring Eagle grows greedy, however, the results are nearly disastrous.

Nanabosho, Soaring Eagle and the Great Sturgeon

After the shy and vulnerable Turtle helps Nanabosho find fish to eat, Nanabosho wants to give thanks. The gift he gives is one to make Turtle brave to face the world.

Nanabosho: How the Turtle Got its Shell

Sometimes we can be fooled by what we want to see. That happens to a famished Nanabosho when he sees a bush of plump cranberries seemingly floating on the surface of the lake.

Nanabosho and the Cranberries

Therriault, Matrine

Many years ago, by a lake in Northern Canada, a young girl named Marie found a wordless understanding with a special goose that would change her life. A gentle and moving story of love, faith and letting go, Goose Girl marks a new direction for Joe and Matrine McLellan after 10 enduring books in the Nanabosho series, with sumptuous illustrations from Rhian Brynjolson.

Goose Girl

Geography & Cultures

<p> When the world seems sad and family is so far away, a single butterfly can make all the difference. In the 11th story in the Nanabosho series, Joe and Matrine weave a funny and touching story of how the legendary friend and trickster created beautiful butterflies -- "bringing wonder and laughter to children everywhere." </p>

Nanabosho and the Butterflies

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