Sometimes I Feel Like a Fox by Danielle Daniel

Sometimes I Feel Like a Fox by Danielle Daniel

In this introduction to the Anishinaabe tradition of totem animals, young children explain why they identify with different creatures such as a deer, beaver or moose. Delightful illustrations show the children wearing masks representing their chosen animal, while the few lines of text on each page work as a series of simple poems throughout the book.

In a brief author's note, Danielle Daniel explains the importance of totem animals in Anishinaabe culture and how they can also act as animal guides for young children seeking to understand themselves and others.

DANIELLE DANIEL is an award-winning children's book author and illustrator of Algonquin, French and Scottish descent. Her picture books include Once in a Blue Moon and Sometimes I Feel Like a Fox, winner of the Marilyn Baillie Award, shortlisted for the 2017 Blue Spruce Award, First Nation Communities Reads Award, a 2019 Prix Peuplier finalist for the French edition, and a Best 100 title at the New York Public Library. She holds an MFA from the University of British Columbia and lives in the traditional territory of the Atikameksheng Anishnaabeg (Sudbury, Ontario).