MOO IISIKAAG

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Title:	MOO IISIKAAG! (nii-psikaag) The cow is going to bump into me	Producer/Author:	Marie Gaudet
Subject:	Character Education, Children - Non-Fiction, Language	Cassette Running Time:	17 minutes
Grade Level:	One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven, Eight, Adult Education	Publication Date:	2001

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MOO IISIKAAG! (nii-psikaag) The cow is going to bump into me is a bilingual book with cassette by Ojibwe author Marie Gaudet. She has adapted her mother?s childhood story and retells it in English and Ojibwe. The story is told in the first person by Rose Logan. As a young child she was just learning to talk and she had trouble pronouncing Ojibwe words. The story is based on her real life adventure milking a cow on her family?s farm. In the barn for the morning milking, Rose becomes frightened of the large cow and blurts out the phrase, Moo ii-sikaag! Everyone laughs including Rose?s older sister. Throughout her life her sister reminds Rose of the cow incident. At times, Rose wishes her sister would forget the time with the cow. But when her older sister is hospitalized, the phrase brings renewed joy and laughter to the sisters as they share the joke. The gentle teasing is part of family life and this illustrated book brings the message to all readers. The text is written in Ojibwe and English with coloured illustrations by the author. The accompanying audiocassette contains the voice of Rose Logan reading the story in English and Ojibwe. Rose Logan currently teaches Ojibwe at First Nations School in Toronto. This is a valuable resource for Ojibwe language classes at any level.