Children's Fiction Native Canadian
kimotinâniwiw itwêwina / Stolen Words
- Publisher
- Second Story Press
- Initial publish date
- Sep 2019
- Category
- Native Canadian, Prejudice & Racism, Multigenerational, Native American
- Recommended Age
- 6 to 9
- Recommended Grade
- 1 to 3
- Recommended Reading age
- 6 to 8
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781772601015
- Publish Date
- Sep 2019
- List Price
- $14.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781772602357
- Publish Date
- Sep 2019
- List Price
- $13.99
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Description
The dual language edition, in Plains Cree and English, of Stolen Words, the award-winning story of the beautiful relationship between a little girl and her grandfather. When she asks her grandfather how to say something in Cree, he tells her that his language was stolen from him when he was a boy. The little girl then sets out to help her grandfather find his language again. This sensitive and warmly illustrated picture book explores the intergenerational impact of the residential school system that separated young Indigenous children from their families. The story recognizes the pain of those whose culture and language were taken from them, how that pain is passed down, and how healing can also be shared.
About the authors
MELANIE FLORENCE est une autrice primée d’origine crie et écossaise qui vit à Toronto, en Ontario. Elle a écrit Sans Nimâmâ, qui lui a valu le prix TD de littérature canadienne pour l’enfance et la jeunesse en 2016 ainsi que le prix Golden Oak de la Forêt de la lecture en 2017, et une nomination à titre de finaliste aux prix First Nations Communities READ, la même année. Son album Les mots volés a remporté le prix Ruth et Sylvia Schwartz de littérature jeunesse en 2018, en plus d’être finaliste au prix Marilyn Baillie. Parmi ses autres livres, on compte Righting Canada’s Wrongs: Residential Schools et les romans pour adolescents Just Lucky, He Who Dreams, The Missing, One Night et Rez Runaway. Elle a également coécrit Autumn Bird and the Runaway avec Richard Scrimger.
MELANIE FLORENCE is an award-winning writer of Cree and Scottish heritage based in Toronto, Ontario. She is the author of Missing Nimâmâ, which won the 2016 TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award, the 2017 Forest of Reading Golden Oak Award and was a finalist for the 2017 First Nation Communities READ award. Her most recent picture book, Stolen Words, won the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Award and was a finalist for the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award. Her other books include Righting Canada’s Wrongs: Residential Schools and the teen novels Just Lucky, He Who Dreams, The Missing, One Night, and Rez Runaway. Visit her at https://www.melanieflorence.com/.
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GABRIELLE GRIMARD a illustré plus de 30 albums, dontLes mots volés, Quand j’avais huit ans, Fatima et les voleurs de clémentines, Aujourd'hui peut-être... et les livres de la série Petit Gnouf. Elle est aussi l'auteure-illustratrice de l'album Lila et la corneille. Gabrielle habite aux environs de Montréal.
From the time she was little GABRIELLE GRIMARD loved art, dismaying her elementary school teachers by constantly drawing in class. Later Gabrielle studied art in high school and university. After her son was born, she began illustrating children’s books and has now created more than 25, including When I Was Eight (Quand j'avais huit ans), Stolen Words (Les mots volés) and Not My Girl (Où est ma fille?). Lila and the Crow (Lila et la corneille) is the first book she both wrote and illustrated. She uses watercolours, gouache and oil to create images of amazing warmth and depth. Gabrielle lives near Montreal, QC. Visit her at https://www.gabriellegrimard.com.
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Dolores Sand is a Plains Cree language speaker from Muskeg Lake Cree Nation, Saskatchewan.
Gayle Weenie is a Plains Cree language speaker from Sweetgrass First Nation, Saskatchewan.
Awards
- Winner, Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Award
- Commended, 2018 (Spring) - Canadian Children's Book Centre's Best Books for Kids and Teens - Starred Selection
- Short-listed, Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award - CCBC's TD Canadian Children's Book Awards
- Commended, Ontario Library Association's 2018 Best Bets
- Short-listed, Elizabeth Mrazik Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award
- Commended, Kirkus Reviews' Best Picture Books of 2017 to Give Readers Strength
- Commended, The Children's Book Review's Best Picture Books of 2017
- Commended, Shelf Awareness Best Picture Books of the Year
Editorial Reviews
"Stolen Words / kimotinaniwiw itwewina recognizes the pain of those whose culture and language were taken from them, and reveals how that pain is passed down, and how healing can also be shared — making it a unique and unreservedly recommended addition to family, elementary school, and community library bilingual picture book collections for children."
Children's Bookwatch: The Bilingual Shelf
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