Young Tobias is on a quest with his father, David Moses Bridges, the tribe’s master canoe maker. In this magical tale, David weaves Native American storytelling into the ancient art and spirituality of canoe making, including the heart-rending mythological legend of the partridge, the first canoe maker.
The First Blade of Sweetgrass by Suzanne Greenlaw; Gabriel Frey; Nancy Baker (Ill.)
Call Number: E GRE
A modern Wabanaki girl is excited to accompany her grandmother for the first time to harvest sweetgrass for basket making.
Kunu's Basket by Lee DeCora Francis; Susan Drucker (Ill.)
Call Number: E FRA
Feeling frustrated when his first attempt to weave a basket fails, a Penobscot Indian boy receives help and encouragement from his grandfather.
Spending his childhood summers on Campobello Island, young Franklin Roosevelt learns how to canoe from Tomah Joseph, a fishing and canoe guide, basketmaker and canoe-builder, and former chief.
Thanks to the Animals by Allen Sockabasin; Rebekah Raye (Ill.)
Call Number: E SOC
During the Passamaquoddy winter migration in Maine, Baby Zoo Sap falls off the family bobsled and the forest animals hearing his cries, gather to protect him until his father returns to find him.
Blue Point | Eight Corners | Pleasant Hill | Wentworth School
The Canoe Maker by 
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Kunu's Basket by 
Remember Me: Tomah Joseph's Gift to Franklin Roosevelt by 
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Thanks to the Animals by 
Blue Point | 
Eight Corners | 
Pleasant Hill | 
Wentworth School 
