Akpa's Journey Powwow non-fiction prose

non-fiction prose

Django Paris

member of the Lytton First Nation

Aotearoa (New Zealand) and Africa

” it confronted common stereotypes of First Nation

Akpa's Journey Powwow non-fiction proseWritten by Mia Pelletier and illustrated by Kagan McLeod. A STEM introduction to migration through a heartwarming story of determination. After thick billed murre Akpa emerges from his egg, high on an Arctic cliff, he soon learns that he must embark on a long migration before he is even able to fly. Flinging himself into the icy water, Akpa must swim 1,000 kilometres of his journey south before he is able to finally fly the final leg of his journey.