by Bogdan Lihanceanu | Feb 18, 2025
In 1895 a prisoner watches the ocean through the bars of his cell. Accused of betraying France, Captain Alfred Dreyfus is exiled to a prison on Devil’s Island, far from his wife and children. It’s a horrible fate — but what if he’s innocent? Seven thousand miles away,...
by Bogdan Lihanceanu | Feb 18, 2025
This moving sequel to the award-winning Shi-shi-etko tells the story of two children’s experiences at residential school. Shi-shi-etko is about to return for her second year, but this time her six-year-old brother, Shin-chi, is going, too. As they begin their journey...
by Bogdan Lihanceanu | Feb 18, 2025
In just four days young Shi-shi-etko will have to leave her family and all that she knows to attend residential school. She spends her last days at home treasuring the beauty of her world — the dancing sunlight, the tall grass, each shiny rock, the tadpoles in the...
by Bogdan Lihanceanu | Feb 18, 2025
In this introduction to the Anishinaabe tradition of totem animals, young children explain why they identify with different creatures such as a deer, beaver or moose. Delightful illustrations show the children wearing masks representing their chosen animal, while the...
by Bogdan Lihanceanu | Feb 18, 2025
In each of twelve short poems, a child tells us how or why they feel like the sun, a river, a mountain, a cloud, the rain, a forest and more. Their deeply felt connections and identification with these wonders point to how much we are all part of the natural world....
