Dawn Quigley
Author
Series
Jo Jo volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Jo Jo Makoons Azure is a spirited seven-year-old who moves through the world a little differently than anyone else on her Ojibwe reservation. It always seems like her mom, her kokum (grandma), and her teacher have a lot to learn--about how good Jo Jo is at cleaning up, what makes a good rhyme, and what it means to be friendly. Even though Jo Jo loves her #1 best friend Mimi (who is a cat), she's worried that she needs to figure out how to make more...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Oh, snow day, snow day, what a very fun no-school day! Jo Jo Makoons is back in another book in this favorite chapter book series, and she's planning the very best version of the winter Olympics that her Ojibwe community has ever seen...
Jo Jo Makoons has noticed that the family members she loves most-Mama, Kokum, and even her cat, Mimi-all have their own ways of being healthy. So, when Teacher says that their class will be learning about healthy...
3) Snow Day
Author
Series
Jo Jo volume 3
Language
English
Description
Oh, snow day, snow day, what a very fun no-school day! Jo Jo Makoons is back in the third book in this favorite chapter book series, and she's planning the very best version of the winter Olympics that her Ojibwe community has ever seen...
Jo Jo Makoons has noticed that the family members she loves most-Mama, Kokum, and even her cat, Mimi-all have their own ways of being healthy. So, when Teacher says that their class will be learning about healthy...
Author
Series
Publisher
North Dakota State University Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Apple Starkington turned her back on her Native American heritage the moment she was called a racial slur for someone of white and Indian descent, not that she really even knew how to be an Indian in the first place. Too bad the white world doesn't accept her either. And so begins her quirky habits to gain acceptance. Apple's name, chosen by her Indian mother on her deathbed, has a double meaning: treasured apple of my eye, but also the negative connotation...
5) Fancy pants
Author
Series
Jo Jo volume 2
Publisher
Heartdrum, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Filled with lots of glitter, raised pinkies, and humorous misunderstandings, this second book in the Jo Jo Makoons series--written by Dawn Quigley and illustrated by Tara Audibert--is filled with the joy of a young Ojibwe girl discovering her very own special shine from the inside out. First grader Jo Jo Makoons knows how to do a lot of things, like how to play jump rope, how to hide her peas in her milk, and how to be helpful in her classroom. But...