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Children's Fiction Multigenerational

Le jardin de Kaiah

by (author) Melanie Florence

illustrated by Karlene Harvey

Publisher
Scholastic Canada Ltd
Initial publish date
Jan 2024
Category
Multigenerational, Emotions & Feelings, Native Canadian
Recommended Age
3 to 8
Recommended Grade
p to 3
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781443189453
    Publish Date
    Jan 2024
    List Price
    $10.99

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Description

See below for English description.

L’histoire edifiante d’une jeune fille qui se rapproche de sa grand-mere bien-aimee grace a l’art du perlage.

 

En se reveillant par un matin maussade, Kaiah se sent aussi froide et grise que le jour. Sa grand-maman lui manque, et elle a envie de la retrouver. Sans sa grand-mere, la vie de Kaiah n’a pas de sens. Heureusement, Kaiah peut ouvrir sa precieuse boite de perles, et grace a la beaute qu’elle renferme, la jeune fille retrouve sa grand-mere dans un jardin plein de couleurs et d’amour.

 

Cette magnifique histoire de l’autrice primee Melanie Florence celebre l’amour universel entre une grand-mere et sa petite-fille. Illustre par Karlene Harvey, une brillante artiste Tsilhqot’in et Syilx, ce livre comporte egalement un supplement d’information sur la tradition autochtone du perlage.

 

An uplifting story of a girl's connection to her beloved grandmother through the beadwork art they created together.

 

As she wakes up one dull morning, Kaiah feels as cold and grey as the day. She longs to be with her grandmother again. Kaiah's life doesn't feel right without her. But through Kaiah's treasured bead box — and the beauty it holds — she is with her grandmother, in a garden that is full of colour and love.

 

This beautiful story from award-winning author Melanie Florence celebrates the universal love between grandmother and child. Featuring bright, breathtaking illustrations from Tsilhqot'in and Syilx artist Karlene Harvey, the book also features back matter about the Indigenous tradition of beading.

 

Original title: Kaiah's Garden

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/.

Melanie Florence's profile page

KARLENE HARVEY est une illustratrice autochtone (Tsilhqot’in et Syilx) résidant à Vancouver, en Colombie-Britannique. Elle a notamment illustré Joue du tambour avec ton coeur et Chaque enfant compte. Karlene est conseillère en art autochtone à l’Université de Colombie-Britannique, et quand elle ne crée pas, elle étudie la langue tsilhqot’in et écrit ses propres histoires.

 

KARLENE HARVEY is a Tsilhqot’in and Syilx illustrator who resides in Vancouver, British Columbia. She is the illustrator of Drum from the Heart and Every Child Matters. Karlene is an Indigenous Arts Advisor at the University of British Columbia, and when she's not making art she enjoys Tsilhqot’in language studies and writing her own stories.

Karlene Harvey's profile page

Awards

  • Commended, Sélection Communication-Jeunesse

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