Pocket Nêhiyawêwin for Kids and Parents (Plains Cree)

A Phrasebook for Nearly All Occasions

This phrasebook has 127 pages of phrases and common words and illustrations for parents/educators and children/learners to learn together.

This book is written by Trevor Greyeyes, Maeengan Linklater and translated by Solomon Ratt, who teaches Plains Cree at the First Nations University in Regina, Saskatchewan. The introduction and cover art is by Patricia Ningewance and the other illustrations are by Don Ningewance.

The book is intended for children aged 8 to 15. It is not meant to teach a person how to speak on their own. There are no lessons or explanations of grammar instead there are ready-to-use phrases and words for immediate solutions.

There are seven sections to this book:

1. Introduction
2. Pronunciation guide
3. Spending time with a child
4. Family words
5. About you and your feelings
6. In the social world – school
7. At home
8. Being out in the big world