Grandma, Cho Cho and Me

Grandma, Cho Cho and Me

This story follows a child and her grandmother as they prepare a large family breakfast rooted in Jamaican tradition. Through cooking, conversation, and shared memories, the child learns that big breakfasts are shaped by farming life, economics, culture, migration,...
Fly Away Home

Fly Away Home

Fly Away Home is a poetic picture book that follows Little Bird and her family as they are forced to leave their nest and migrate in search of safety and belonging. Along the journey, Little Bird encounters migrating animals whose paths parallel the experiences of...
My Mom Is Like a Kite

My Mom Is Like a Kite

This picture book uses extended metaphor to explore what it is like for a young child to live with a parent who experiences mental illness. The mother is described as sometimes soaring like a kite and other times sinking like a boat, while the child learns—through the...
This is How I Know

This is How I Know

In this lyrical story-poem, written in Anishinaabemowin and English, a child and grandmother explore their surroundings, taking pleasure in the familiar sights that each new season brings. We accompany them through warm summer days full of wildflowers, bees and...
Only In My Hometown

Only In My Hometown

Sisters Angnakuluk Friesen and Ippiksaut Friesen collaborate on this story about what it’s like to grow up in an Inuit community in Nunavut. Every line about the hometown in this book will have readers thinking about what makes their own hometowns unique. With strong...