In a starred review, Booklist calls Delrée Dumont's pointillist illustrations in This Land Is a Lullaby "exquisite," and we agree.

See for yourselves in this gallery of spreads from the book, which is written by Tonya Simpson.

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Excerpted from This Land is a Lullaby, by Tonya Simpson, illustrated by Delrée Dumont. ©2024 Published by Orca Books Publishers. 

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As daylight fades to dusk and slips into darkness, this gentle lullaby celebrates the sounds of the Prairies and the Plains on a stormy summer's night.

From the hum of dragonflies to the drumming of thunder, with grasses swirling and the northern lights glimmering, This Land Is a Lullaby shares a song and dance—a gift from the ancestors that soothes children to sleep and reminds them of their deeply rooted connections to the land.

Written as a lullaby for the author's daughter and featuring striking pointillism artwork, this lush lullaby of the land honors the beauty of the Prairies and the Plains and the spiritual connection between Indigenous children, ancestors and their Traditional Territories.