The First Flute: Whowhoahyahzo Tohkohya

By David Bouchard and Jan Michael Reibach

Names should be respected. They should be valued. They should be honoured.
When a name is given to an adult, it is often given based on the life that person has lived.
The name is a statement about the person he or she has become.
When a name is given to a child, it foretells what kind of a person that child will become.
If a child is given the name He Who is Kind to Strangers, that child is destined to live a life of kindness.
I know this to be true because I once knew a kind man who as a child was given that name.

In The First Flute, David Bouchard tells the story of a young man given the name Dancing Raven. He was a dancer - the best from all the nations. But the other men and boys in his village don't appreciate Dancing Raven's talent - hunting, fishing and tracking are the truly important talents. Dancing Raven must prove to his village the importance of his song.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0889954755
• ISBN13: 9780889954755
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: Red Deer Press
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.1" x 10.3"
• Age Range: 7 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 5