Children's Fiction Imagination & Play
Dreaming Alongside / ê-pawâtamahk
- Publisher
- Orca Book Publishers
- Initial publish date
- Apr 2025
- Category
- Imagination & Play, NON-CLASSIFIABLE, Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance
- Recommended Age
- 3 to 5
- Recommended Grade
- p to k
- Recommended Reading age
- 3 to 5
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781459843905
- Publish Date
- Apr 2025
- List Price
- $27.99
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9781459843882
- Publish Date
- Apr 2025
- List Price
- $21.95
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Description
Key Selling Points
- Dragonfly invites us on a journey to dream alongside the places and things that give us inspiration, taking comfort in what's around us and envisioning a joyful future.
- Monique Gray Smith includes a mix of both traditional points of inspiration, like the ocean and cedar trees, and more modern, unexpected ones, such as construction machines, computers and the dentist's office, to represent the real places readers know, and show them that dreams can come from anywhere.
- Nicole Neidhardt's beautiful illustrations capture the hope and joy of Monique's sentiments with their bold colours and patterns, and focus on Indigenous children and families (with sightings of Dragonfly throughout).
- Monique got the idea for this book from a walk her wife and little nephew had, where he became transfixed by a digger at a construction site, and she began thinking about all that can inspire a kid to dream.
- Monique Gray Smith is a bestselling author of books such as I Hope, When We Are Kind and My Heart Fills with Happiness; she is also a sought-after consultant and speaker, known for her storytelling, generosity and focus on resilience.
- Includes an author's note speaking to the importance of daydreaming and paying attention to our dreams.
About the authors
Monique Gray Smith is a mixed–heritage woman of Cree, Lakota, and Scottish ancestry and a proud mom of twins. Monique is an accomplished consultant, writer and international speaker. Her first novel, Tilly: A Story of Hope and Resilience, won the 2014 Burt Award for First Nations, Métis and Inuit Literature. Monique and her family are blessed to live on Lkwungen territory in Victoria, British Columbia.
Monique Gray Smith's profile page
Née à Santa Fe au Nouveau-Mexique, Nicole Neidhardt est d’origine diné (navajo) du clan Kiiyaa’áanii. Elle est titulaire d’un baccalauréat en beaux-arts et complète actuellement une maîtrise en beaux-arts à l’Université OCAD de Toronto. L’identité diné de Nicole est au coeur de sa pratique artistique qui intègre notamment l’usage du pochoir au mylar, la peinture, l’art numérique et les fresques de grandes dimensions. Elle vit à Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Nicole Neidhardt's profile page
Dorothy Thunder paskwâwinîmowin nêhiyawiskwêw Little Pine First Nation, Saskatchewan. kiskinohamâkew nêhiyawêwin anita University of Alberta.
Dorothy Thunder is a Plains Cree (nêhiyawiskwêw) from Little Pine First Nation, Saskatchewan and full-time Cree instructor in Faculty of Native Studies at the University of Alberta.
Other titles by
Dreaming Alongside
My Heart Fills With Happiness / Mi corazón se llena de alegría
You Hold Me Up / Tú me sostienes
Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults
Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
J’espère
I Hope
I Hope / nipakosêyimon
Tú me sostienes
My Heart Fills With Happiness / Nijiikendam
