Category: Children Publisher: Tilbury House
ISBN-10: 0884483002
Type: Non-Fiction
Pages: 30
Copyright: June, 2009
ISBN-13: 9780884483007
Franklin Roosevelt spent his childhood summers on Campobello Island, New Brunswick. Ours is a story of the friendship between young Franklin and a Passamaquoddy Elder who teaches him how to paddle a canoe, shares Native American culture and lore, and ultimately gives Franklin a gift of a birchbark canoe.
Excerpt
"There is another thing about the animals, Franklin. Indians believe that within each person is the spirit of an animal. This animal is their spirit helper," said Tomah Joseph.
"A spirit helper?"
Speaking in a near whisper, Tomah Joseph turned to Franklin and said, "Ko-ko-gus, the owl, is my spirit helper."
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