Most Popular Books by David Bouchard

David Bouchard is a best selling author, speaker and educator. He is Canada''s most sought after public speaker. We Learn from the Sun is an Indigenous rhyming poem based on his best selling book Seven Sacred Teachings.An Indigenous rhyming poem with colorful illustrations about the seven sacred teachings that can be learned from the sun. This richly illustrated book by Metis writer David Bouchard and Metis illustrator Kristy Cameron, weaves together Woodland style paintings with a rhythmic poem about the spiritual lessons that we can learn from the Sun and the seven sacred teachings.

Lists of children''s books for all ages: four experts on literacy share their favourite titles and their best ideas.

"The incantatory verse that animates this song of praise to a mother who kept the magic of the powwow alive for her son''s generation casts a spell, to be sure, but Leonard Paul''s stunning paintings of dancers in full-feathered dress and face paint eclipse all else." -- The Globe and Mail The Powwow is a time-honored Native American custom. It is a celebration of life and spirituality, a remembrance of traditions, uniting a people through dance and ritual. Long Powwow Nights takes you on a wonderful journey, honoring these mystical dancers who keep their traditions alive through dance and song. In its poetic verses, David Bouchard and Pam Aleekuk skillfully narrate the story of a mother''s dedication to her roots and her efforts to impress upon her child the importance of culture and identity.

Presents alternate words to the Huron Carol, an ancient First Nations song about the birth of the baby Jesus.

To discover your totem is to discover yourself. There are as many totems as there are species of birds, beasts or fish. And how not? Are we not all different?

"This is the story of how Dog joins the village. The children are fishing when a great wind takes them far from home. There they discover a huge animal named Dog. Dog''s master allows him to help the children get home by making Dog so large he can swim with them on his back. As they near the village, Dog shrinks. Too small to swim back, Dog joins the village and only then do the people learn that his master was the Great Spirit." -- publisher.

When a young Cree boy is sent home from school to learn the meaning of respect, he thinks he''s just getting a holiday. He goes back to the reserve for "counselling" from his Moshum (Grandfather), and he knows "that Moshum ... feels the same way I do, about school''n'' stuff." From the time he arrives on the reserve, he is kept busy hunting, fishing, and trapping. But when he finally has a chance to sit and think, he discovers that there are lessons about respect that can be learned from his Moshum''s example in living with the land. - back cover