Follett Content Book Detail: Snow Day (Jo Jo Makoons) by Quigley, Dawn

Snow Day (Jo Jo Makoons)

Author: Quigley, Dawn

Follett Number: 2403NC0
Audience: Lower Elementary
Publisher: Heartdrum, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2023
Format: 71 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
ISBN-13: 978-0-06-301544-9
ISBN-10: 0-06-301544-7
LCCN: 2023-933192
Dewey: -Fic-
Classifications: Fiction

Subjects:
Best Friends Fiction
Friendship Fiction
Ojibwa Indians Fiction
School Fiction
Schools Fiction
Winter Fiction
"Ages 6-10"--Back cover. 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 habits, Jo Jo is ready to be neighborly by helping everyone around her be healthy too. After a snowstorm shuts down her Ojibwe reservation, Jo Jo uses her big imagination and big personality to help both Elders and classmates alike. Because after all, being healthy means being together!

From the publisher:
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 habits, Jo Jo is ready to be neighborly by helping everyone around her be healthy too. After a snowstorm shuts down her Ojibwe reservation, Jo Jo uses her big imagination and big personality to help both Elders and classmates alike. Because after all, being healthy means being together! With her signature heart and hilarity, in this third book in her chapter book series, Jo Jo Makoons shows care for her community as only this vibrant young girl can. The first book in this acclaimed chapter book series was an American Indian Youth Literature Award Honor Book; a best book of the year from Kirkus Reviews, School Library Journal, American Indians in Children's Literature, and the Chicago Public Library; a Charlotte Huck Award Honor Book; and a Cooperative Children's Book Center CCBC Choices selection.

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