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The Ribbon Skirt A Graphic Novel — Content Guide for Parents

By Cameron MukwaScholastic IncorporatedISBN 9781338843262192 pages
The Ribbon Skirt A Graphic Novel

Found in this book

  • ReligionSupportingOther or made-up faith
  • Race & cultureSupporting
  • Gender & orientationCentral

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  • Violence
  • Scary content
  • Profanity
  • Climate
  • Sexual content
  • Gender roles

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Religion

PRESENT

Contains references to prayer and church attendance. A minister character plays a supporting role in two chapters.

About this book

A joyful coming-of-age middle-grade graphic novel by debut Indigenous creator Cameron Mukwa about the journey of a two-spirit kid who wants to create a ribbon skirt for the upcoming powwow.

Ten-year-old Anang wants to make a ribbon skirt, a piece of clothing typically worn by girls in the Anishinaabe tradition, for an upcoming powwow. Anang is two-spirit and nonbinary and doesn't know what others will think of them wearing a ribbon skirt, but they're determined to follow their heart's desire. Anang sets off to gather the materials needed to make the skirt and turns to those around them -- their family, their human and turtle friends, the crows, and even the lake itself -- for help. And maybe they'll even find a new confidence within themself along the way.

Frequently asked questions

  • Is The Ribbon Skirt A Graphic Novel appropriate for a 7-year-old?

    Anang asks spirits (talking turtles and the lake) for guidance in an Anishinaabe spiritual journey and offers tobacco in thanks. Anang is Anishinaabe, and the story centres on Indigenous cultural identity, powwow traditions and Ojibwe words, with notes on ribbon skirt and powwow history at the back.

  • Does The Ribbon Skirt A Graphic Novel have violence?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does The Ribbon Skirt A Graphic Novel have scary content?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does The Ribbon Skirt A Graphic Novel have religion?

    Found (Supporting, Other or made-up faith): Anang asks spirits (talking turtles and the lake) for guidance in an Anishinaabe spiritual journey and offers tobacco in thanks.

  • Does The Ribbon Skirt A Graphic Novel have race & culture?

    Found (Supporting): Anang is Anishinaabe, and the story centres on Indigenous cultural identity, powwow traditions and Ojibwe words, with notes on ribbon skirt and powwow history at the back.

  • Does The Ribbon Skirt A Graphic Novel have profanity?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does The Ribbon Skirt A Graphic Novel have climate?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does The Ribbon Skirt A Graphic Novel have sexual content?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does The Ribbon Skirt A Graphic Novel have gender roles?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does The Ribbon Skirt A Graphic Novel have gender & orientation?

    Found (Central): The main character, ten-year-old Anang, is two-spirit and nonbinary, and the story follows their wish to wear a ribbon skirt to a powwow.