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School Library Journal
Reviewed on August 1, 2016 | August - Xpress reviews Web Only
BLGr 1–3—A bilingual book in English and Cree. Joe and Cody are two Cree brothers who live in Northern Manitoba. With their vivid imaginations and isolation from others, they roam the world. While their parents are fishing, they make toys out of sticks and rocks to play with and befrien...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on May 1, 2016
Highway's bilingual English/Cree story (originally published in Canada in 2002) has been reissued with new illustrations by Flett, an artist of Cree-Métis ancestry. Brothers Joe and Cody-with their papa and mama and dog-live in the "far north," their summer home a tent on one of Manitoba's many hundreds of lakes. There are "beautiful islands and forests and beaches and clear water. But no people." The boys give names t...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on April 1, 2016
New ed., 2002, HarperCollins. Brothers Joe and Cody--with their family--spend summers camping on Manitoba's hundreds of lakes. The boys' favorite ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More