The first day, 1: a story of courage - Katherena Vermette

Makwa has to go to a new school .

and he doesn't want to go.

How will he face his first day? The Seven Teaching of the Anishinaabe -- love, wisdom, humility, courage, respect, honesty, and truth -- are revealed in these seven stories for children.

Set in an urban landscape with Indigenous children as the central characters, these stories about home and family will look familiar to all young readers.