Tex - Softcover

Ranville, Myralene

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1552092917 ISBN 13: 9781552092910

Publisher: Firefly Books Ltd, 1999

Synopsis

Tex is an English foxhound. His best human friend, now, is an Anishnaby woman. She calls Tex her Animoosh, her dog. Tex the English foxhound Animoosh, loves Ikwe. Ikwe loves Tex.

When they met for the first time at the city dog pound, Ikwe had said: Aneen, Animoosh. Neen Anishnabay Ikwe. Which means in English, "How are you, dog? I am an Anishnabay woman."

This is the story of how Tex got to the dog pound.

About this title

Review:

The whimsical expressions of the small black-and-white dog will endear Tex to picture-book audiences.--Kathy Piehl"School Library Journal" (11/01/1999)

From the Author:

I wrote Tex for and to all ages.
Meegwetch to amazon.com for listing my Tex and intoducing my animoosh to millions of readers.

I did have a dog named Tex. He was an English foxhound. Tex and I lived on my Indian reservation in the Canadian Province of Manitoba. Tex was indeed adopted from a city dog pound. I loved him very, very much.

The idea to write a book about a " reserve " dog came from a telephone conversation between my husband and me. I was working on a very technical policy document in the Canadian province of Ontario. My husband was 1,400 miles away on an Indian reserve in the Province of Manitoba. He was looking out the window at the " reserve " dogs wandering around the reservation homes. He suggested I do some writing that is fun and take a break from the technical writing. He said, " why don't you write a book about reserve dogs."

Tex is the result of that conversation. I am an Anishnabay woman. The Anishanaby people are often called Ojibway. I prefer to known as an Anishnabay. My family, my tribe and our land are very important to me. I am fortunate to have been taught to speak my ancient Anishnabay language. Tex has ten Anishnabay words embedded into the English text. I, currently, teach Anishnabay to children of many ethnic backgrounds. The Polish, French and Ukranian children love to speak Anishnabay.

My dream for my Tex book is that it will serve as a conduit between cultures. I hope that your reaction will be like a little girl's reaction at one of my public school readings.

She said, " what happens next? "

Meegwetch to you all. Meegwetch in Anishnabay means thank you.

Tex's friend,

Myrelene Ranville

About this edition

• Publisher: Firefly Books Ltd
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 1552092917
• ISBN 13: 9781552092910
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Dobson Clive