Children's Nonfiction Multigenerational
Love Your Creator
The Story of a Prayer Song
- Publisher
- WaveMaker Press
- Initial publish date
- Aug 2022
- Category
- Multigenerational, Native Canadian
- Recommended Age
- 5 to 12
- Recommended Grade
- k to 7
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781777894726
- Publish Date
- Aug 2022
- List Price
- $20.95
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Description
This is the true story behind a song that was once a hymn remembered from residential school. With the help of his family and community, especially the determination of his son, and encouraging words of his Grandmother, Knowledge Keeper Quuia Charleson, (Nuu-Chah-Nulth) has reclaimed Love Your Creator and continues to share both the song and its story through oral tradition at events and on travels. Engaging illustrations by Stefan Brunette passionately portray the people and events in this exciting picture book for all ages. Discover the story and learn the strength of a song.
About the authors
Contributor Notes
Stefan Brunette was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, where he pursued his passion for art and storytelling from a young age. As he grew up, his family moved across the prairies, finally finding roots just outside of Calgary, Alberta, where he graduated from Saint Mary's University with a B.A. in English. He went on to earn his education degree and has been teaching full-time for nearly ten years. After meeting his wife and making their home on Treaty 7 territory, in the town of High River, they started a family. At the beginning of the pandemic, he decided to pursue his love of art once again. With fatherhood as his muse, he turns memorable events into works of art that are all at once sentimental, hilarious, and relatable. Stefan looks forward to continuing his pursuit of illustration and commemorating future memories with his family.
Excerpt: Love Your Creator: The Story of a Prayer Song (by (author) Quuia Charleson; illustrated by Stefan Brunette)
One evening, when the father finished the song, the eldest son said, “Wouldn’t it be cool if we could sing that song in our language?” The father answered, “Well son, you attend language class at school. Your school has an Elder and a language teacher. I go away for work soon, so why don’t I leave that up to you?”