Omaamakaadendaagozi Edwiina / The Fabulous Edweena

by Edwin Dumont, Melissa Cho (Illustrator), Margaret Noodin (Translator), Angela Mesic (Translator)

Overview

Edwin loves his sister Patsy’s closet. He adores dresses and earrings and boots with high heels. And when he’s finished getting dressed, Edwin is transformed…into the fabulous Edweena!

Today is the figure skating competition at school and Edwin has decided to compete as Edweena. What will people say when they meet her for the first time? Can a boy in drag win the competition? Edweena will have to give her best performance ever to find out!

This dual language edition contains the story in both Anishinaabemowin (Ojibwe) and English.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781772604085
Publisher:	Second Story Press
Publication date:	03/18/2025
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	24
File size:	46 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	6 - 8 Years

About the Author

Edwin Dumont was born in Parry Sound to a family with Ojibway heritage. He has always been called Edweena. Cinderella said, “A dream is a wish your heart makes,” and Edwin's dream of being a writer came true. He owns a hair salon and lives with his husband in Toronto. 

Melissa Cho is a multi-hyphenated Korean-Canadian creative designer based in Toronto, Ontario. Having built a career in illustration and animation, she celebrates the ebbs and flows of life and holds a passion for intentional and charming storytelling. She keeps busy through personal creative ventures, from handmade crafts to traditional illustrations.

Margaret Noodin teaches Ojibwe to the children of Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa in Minnesota. She also teaches Ojibwe, literature, and creative writing online for the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, where she is a professor in the English department. To hear her work, visit www.ojibwe.net.

Angela Mesic learned the Anishinaabe language when she was a student at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, wanting to understand more about the land where she is from and the language of the Indigenous people that occupy it. For six years she has been teaching others to speak the Anishinaabe language.