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As Long as the Rivers Flow
January 18, 2006
Award-winning children's book As Long as the Rivers Flow by Larry Loyie named First Nation Communities Read title of the year. As Long as the Rivers Flow by Cree author Larry Loyie with Constance Brissenden with illustrations by Heather D. Holmlund is the jury's selection for the 2006 First Nation Communities Read title. The book is published by House of Anansi Press/Groundwood Books, ISBN 0-88899-696-9, $12.95. It is the poignant story of Loyie's last summer spent with his family in a traditional First Nations setting before being taken to residential school.
The First Nation Communities Read program is launched during Ontario's First Nations Public Library Week but is considered a year-long celebration of the honoured book. In 2006, First Nations Public Library Week takes place from February 13 through February 18. First Nations Public Library Week is a grassroots program launched in 2000 by Ontario's First Nations public library community. In 2005, the program expanded to Saskatchewan as "Aboriginal Storytelling Week."; Through its featured titles, the First Nation Communities Read program encourages family literacy and intergenerational storytelling, and promotes and shares aboriginal voices and experiences.
The theme of the 2006 First Nations Public Library Week and Aboriginal Storytelling Week is "Preserving Our Cultures Story by Story ... Building Our Communities Book by Book."; The First Nation Communities Read titles honoured previously are: 2003 Dragonfly Kites, written by Tomson Highway, illustrated by Brian Deines and published by HarperCollins Canada; 2004 Solomon's Tree, inspired by Tsimpshian master carver Victor Reece, written by Andrea Spalding, illustrated by Janet Wilson and published by Orca Books; 2005 SkySisters, written by Jan Bourdeau Waboose, illustrated by Brian Deines and published by Kids Can Press.
Award-winning children's book As Long as the Rivers Flow by Larry Loyie named First Nation Communities Read title of the year. As Long as the Rivers Flow by Cree author Larry Loyie with Constance Brissenden with illustrations by Heather D. Holmlund is the jury's selection for the 2006 First Nation Communities Read title. The book is published by House of Anansi Press/Groundwood Books, ISBN 0-88899-696-9, $12.95. It is the poignant story of Loyie's last summer spent with his family in a traditional First Nations setting before being taken to residential school.
The First Nation Communities Read program is launched during Ontario's First Nations Public Library Week but is considered a year-long celebration of the honoured book. In 2006, First Nations Public Library Week takes place from February 13 through February 18. First Nations Public Library Week is a grassroots program launched in 2000 by Ontario's First Nations public library community. In 2005, the program expanded to Saskatchewan as "Aboriginal Storytelling Week."; Through its featured titles, the First Nation Communities Read program encourages family literacy and intergenerational storytelling, and promotes and shares aboriginal voices and experiences.
The theme of the 2006 First Nations Public Library Week and Aboriginal Storytelling Week is "Preserving Our Cultures Story by Story ... Building Our Communities Book by Book."; The First Nation Communities Read titles honoured previously are: 2003 Dragonfly Kites, written by Tomson Highway, illustrated by Brian Deines and published by HarperCollins Canada; 2004 Solomon's Tree, inspired by Tsimpshian master carver Victor Reece, written by Andrea Spalding, illustrated by Janet Wilson and published by Orca Books; 2005 SkySisters, written by Jan Bourdeau Waboose, illustrated by Brian Deines and published by Kids Can Press.
Submitted on January 19, 2006 in By David.
