Biji - The Ceremony

Biji - The Ceremony

Price: $15

Author: Leatrice Primeaux

Published: 2024

Illustrations: Molly Trainor

Language: Navajo and English with vocabulary list

Style: soft-bound (perfect binding) flipbook

Size: 8.5" x 11"

Pages: 12 English, 12 Navajo

Appropriate for 3rd - 5th grade readers.

This is Ms. Primeaux's second book for San Juan School District and a companion book to "Chxoshii." Both books offer a glimpse into Ms. Primeaux's traditional education growing up with her Grandparents near Rock Point, Arizona.   In Biji, the young girl, Chxoshii, helps her Grandparents and Auntie prepare for relatives coming to participate in the Ceremony.  The book is beautifully illustrated by Alaskan native artist, Molly Trainor.