Thursday, September 28, 2017

Publisher releases bilingual book about PEI's creation

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he Mi'kmaq creation story of P.E.I.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/bilingual-book-mi-kmaq-creation-story-1.4204824

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Charlottetown-based Acorn Press has just published its first bilingual book in English and Mi'kmaq. ​ "​Minegoo​"​ tells the Mi'kmaq creation story of P.E.I. in text and watercolours.​ ​Author and illustrator Sandra Dodge told CBC Radio's Mainstreet P.E.I. that she first had the idea during the opening of the Confederation Bridge in 1997.​ ​"I started reading every version of the creation story that I could get a hold of and doing some research and that's where it started," she said.
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