The Trickster Shadow
$33.99
- Hardcover
40 pages
- Release Date
11 November 2025
Summary
From an acclaimed Ojibwe artist comes a story that offers an empowering universal message about finding inner strength.
Zoon’s shadow is always in his way. It makes a mess of his room, disrupts his class at school, and trips him on the soccer field. Zoon doesn’t know what to do! Until he tells his grandmother about it, and she gives him his grandfather’s drum. Its rhythm is like a heartbeat. If only Zoon can listen to the drum’s song, and ultimately to his own heart, he may yet find a…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780316574518 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0316574511 |
| Author: | Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown & Company |
| Imprint: | Little, Brown Young Readers |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 40 |
| Release Date: | 11 November 2025 |
| Weight: | 460g |
| Dimensions: | 260mm x 256mm x 14mm |
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Critics Review
“Ojibwe visual artist Pawis-Steckley tells a universal story of finding inner strength.”–Horn Book
* “A moving and imaginative tale to heal tender hearts.”–Kirkus, starred review
* “A delightfully engaging and empowering story on its own, this will pair wonderfully with traditional trickster tales from other cultures for storytime and school units.”–Booklist, starred review
About The Author
Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley
Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley is a multi-disciplinary Anishinaabe award-winning author, artist, and illustrator and a member of Wasauksing First Nation. He has illustrated several picture books, including Mii maanda ezhi-gkendmaanh / This Is How I Know by Brittany Luby and Sharice’s Big Voice by Sharice Davids and Nancy K. Mays, which was an ALA Notable Children’s Book, a CCBC Choice, and a Bank Street College of Education’s Best Children’s Book. Mangeshig spends his time living between Vancouver and Wasauksing First Nation.
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