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
Quuia Charleson loves storytelling, a gift he inherited from his Grandmother. Since 2007, he has been working to bring cultural connection, teaching, and prayer to youth and families. Greg has seven children and two grandchildren and resides on Snuneymexw Territory with his wife, Caroline, and two of their children.
Stefan Brunette was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, where he pursued his passion for art and storytelling from a young age. His family moved across the prairies, finally finding roots just outside of Calgary, Alberta, where he graduated with a B.A. in English, then earned his education degree. After he and his wife made their home on Treaty 7 territory, in High River, they started a family. With fatherhood as his muse, he turns memorable events into works of art.
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?”