Discovering Words

by Neepin Auger

Neepin Auger's books for children contain original, brightly coloured images and early education level concepts familiar to everyone. Playful and bold, this dynamic series will educate and entertain preschoolers, parents, and teachers alike.


In addition to the English words presented, the French and Cree equivalents are also given, making these some of the most dynamic and useful board books on the market, perfectly suitable for the classroom, library, and nursery.


Neepin Auger is a Cree artist, educator, and mother. Originally from the Bigstone Cree Nation in northern Alberta, she has been painting for over ten years, having studied art under her father, Dale Auger, a renowned First Nations artist and author of the award-winning children's book Mwâkwa Talks to the Loon: A Cree Story for Children.



A apple pomme picikwâs

N night nuit tipiskâw

B butterfly papillon mimikwâs
O owl hibou ôhô
r>
C canoe canoë cîmân
P paintbrush pinceau sisopêkahikanâhtik
r>
D drum tambour mistikwaskihk
Q quilt courtepointe nanâtohkokwâtew
r>
E eggs oeufs wâwih
R rainbow arc en ciel pîsimoyâpiy
r>
F fish poisson kinosêw
S sweat lodge suerie matotisân
r>
G garden jardin ka kiscikesihk
T teepee tipi mîkowâhp
r>

H hat chapeau astotin

U up to jusqu'à ispimihk

I insect nsecte manicôs
V valley vallée ka tawatinak
r>
J jacket veste miskotâkay
W water eau nîpîy
r>
K knife couteau môhkomân
X x-ray radiographie sâpwâpahcikan
r>
L loon plongeon mwâkwa
Y yellow bird oiseau jaune osâwi-piyêsîs
r>
M moccasin mocassin maskisin
Z zig zag zig zag wâwâkastew
r>
able>07Neepin Auger's alphabet board book uses the same bright, simple style of illustration as the companion Discovering Numbers. English, French and Cree words accompany each illustration. Only the English words, in fact, follow the alphabet while the French and Cree words are translations. The pictures will be familiar to Cree children and provide a useful introduction to the other languages.—Canadian Aboriginal Books for Schools, 2014-2015

2014100107Each page of this small alphabet board book features an animal or object appealing to young readers. Many important aspects of Aboriginal cultures are featured. Sometimes this is in the choice of objects, such as canoe, drum, moccasins, sweat lodge, and teepee. Other times it is in the illustration itself such as Métis beading on a jacket or a woman’s long dark braid. Each picture is labeled in English, French, and Cree. The alphabetical order is based on the English words. A final page compiles all the pictures.—Canadian Aboriginal Books for Schools

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Genres: Picture Books, Indigenous, Linguistics, Childrens

28 pages, Hardcover

First published September 23, 2013

Reviews

[Manybooks · Rating 5 out of 5]

Similar in both construction and style to its companion book Discovering Numbers, Discovering Words is also and equally simple and basic, but indeed and in fact absolutely and utterly brilliant in and with its very simplicity (a triple-language primary level alphabet board book in English, French and Cree for young children just learning their letters). Now the expressively descriptive and impressive accompanying pictures (with of course one illustrative spread for each letter of the alphabet) by Canadian Cree author/illustrator Neepin Auger (who is the daughter of renowned First Nations artist Dale Auger) are bright, simple, uncluttered (and appreciatively Auger with Discovering Words also strives to use as many objects and images as possible that have cultural sigificance to and for First Nations children, such as a canoe for the letter C, a drum for the letter D, moccasins for the letter M and so on and so on). And while personally (and once again similar to my reaction to Discovering Numbers) I most certainly would have liked and even perhaps needed a pronunciation key for especially the presented and shown Cree words (as well as perhaps a bit of supplemental information on the Cree language and Cree culture) this truly is just my scholarly self talking and really above and beyond the scope and concept of Discovering Words (since it really is supposed to be first and foremost simply just a triple language basic alphabet book for young children). Very highly recommended, and yes, in almost every way, Discovering Numbers presents a truly and wonderfully perfect first book of letters for the very young (and perhaps even for anyone interested in a simple and brightly illustrated introduction to twenty-six English, Cree and French nouns).

[KaitandMaddie · Rating 5 out of 5]

We read this back when the girls were really little and it’s come back into the rotation as a simple way to practice French vocab with Kait.

[Janet · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fascinating to see an object and three words from different languages representing the object’s name.
So appropriate that the languages are English, French, and Cree as the Cree were intermarried with both French and English speaking peoples that formed to make what is referred to as the Métis people.
Having never studied French, I still recognized the words papillon, pomme, poisson, chapeau just from reading. This was an interesting board book.

November, 2024 first read and now looking at this title again I am struck with the face that English gas assimilated many words that we use as nouns directly from the French language. I see there were two years of publication for this title, 2015 and 2019, but the board book I am looking at does not have a copyright date.