Moonbeam Meets the Medicine Man
- Publisher
- Monster House Publishing
- Initial publish date
- Nov 2024
- Category
- NON-CLASSIFIABLE, Native Canadian
- Recommended Age
- 6 to 9
- Recommended Grade
- 1 to 4
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9781998223091
- Publish Date
- Nov 2024
- List Price
- $22.95
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Description
Traditionally, the Medicine Man was a healer that people in the village would consult in times of spiritual or physical need. When Moonbeam starts to have nightmares, her friends introduce her to the Medicine Man who gives her a helpful gift.
About the authors
Gail Francis comes from the Wolastoqey Nation under the Wabanaki Confederacy and was born and raised in the Tobique First Nation community in northwestern New Brunswick, Canada. She presently lives on the unsurrendered and unceded traditional territory of the Wolastoqiyik, Mi’kmaq and Passamaquoddy Nations in Miramichi, New Brunswick, with her husband. Gail is an educator, a lifelong learner, an avid reader, andan advocate for reading as a source of learning and entertainment. It is her love of the written word and of her culture that led her to embark upon writing Moonbeam.
Emma Hassencahl-Perley is Wolastoqwiw from Neqotkuk (where the two rivers flow beneath each other), also known as Tobique First Nation in New Brunswick. She is a visual artist, curator, educator, author, and arts criticism essayist. Her visual art mediums include beadwork, murals, and digital illustration. Through material and visual culture, Emma also considers her identity in her work as an ehpit (woman) and citizen of the Wabanaki (People of the Dawn) Confederacy. La petite robe rouge is her first illustrated album.
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Tara Audibert is a multidisciplinary Wolastoqewi artist working in film, animation, illustration, and fine art. Her illustrations have been featured in the award-winning book series “Jo Jo Makoons” written by Dawn Quigley, “Loaf the Cat” by Nicholas DeShaw,“Fiddleheads for Fox.”, and in the comics “This Place: 150 Years Retold” and “Lost Innocence.” Tara owns Moxy Fox Studio where she has created animated films and series’ such as “Qaqsoss naka Wahuntuhsis,” “Lil’ Glooscap & the Legends of Turtle Island,” “I am the Warrior, and “The Importance of Dreaming.”. Tara lives in Sunny Corner, New Brunswick, Canada.
