Most importantly, as these traditional Ojibwe stories have been collected from the Anishinaabeg, we ask readers to keep with Ojibwe customs: Nanaboozhoo stories can only be told when there is snow on the ground and the thunders have gone south. They cannot be read in summertime or late spring or early fall.
Two of the stories in this collection, "Nishiime, the Lost Boy" and "The Boy Who Turned Into a Robin," can be read year-round.