This charming picture book tells the true story of Nokomis, a woman who loved has a vision that one day we’ll run out of water if we don’t conserve it. She and her friends started walking to raise awareness of water conservation. Nokomis carried a Migizi Staff in one hand and a copper pail full of water in the other.

This charming bilingual book highlights one woman’s efforts to teach others about respecting the Earth. It shows how one First Nations woman used her knowledge to bring an important message to the entire world.

Teachers, librarians, conservationists, and parents should read and share this book and its important message.

A very worthy and interesting read, but not without flaws. It's a true tale of a beyond-middle-aged activist, who walked thousands of miles beyond her territories, to honour and prove the value of the water that was there. Apparently water sourcing is a great issue for the First Nations from the Great Lakes up into Canada, but we're not really told why, which is one of the flaws of this book. Another is the fact that the English is very much to the minor, being in much smaller font, and some is not even translated and leaves you with the final glossary as reference, even though the text began in English and got translated into Ojibwe. Now, I love the fact smaller languages get their own books produced even to this day, but this is not truly a bilingual book as a result. And so, when the issue is clearly one for the Ojibwe-speaking peoples and for everyone else besides, I don't think this sort of preaching-to-the-specific-audience volume is the right choice. Oh, and what is it about the lady concerned going through three knees – are they that interchangeable where she comes from?!

I read this book last night and I thought it was a great introduction to the beliefs or other cultures.

This book is dual language between Anishinaabemowin and English and it has the emphasis on how important water is to all life and should be treasured and protected, we shouldn’t take clean water and a good supply for granted as not everyone is fortunate to have this and it shows the lengths some have gone to emphasise this point and spread this message.

The images were nice and they really supported the story. The glossary at the end was good too an it showed the pronunciation of the different words that are unfamiliar to most people.