Monique Gray Smith

Gebundenes Buch

Dreaming Alongside

Beschreibung

Let Dragonfly lead you on a journey of inspiration! Following your winged guide, visit the places and things that can help you find strength in the present and imagine your amazing future. Dream alongside everything from a construction site and a sewing machine to the river and a blanket of moss. After your travels, Dragonfly asks: What do you like to dream about? With its mixed setting in rural and urban environments and exploration of both the natural and modern world, Dreaming Alongside gives readers permission to daydream and think of what magic their lives have the potential to hold. Bilingual edition (English and Plains Cree) available as Dreaming Alongside / ê-pawâtamahk. Praise for Monique Gray Smith: ★"Joyful and tender...celebrates the activities that bring gladness through family and cultural connections."--School Library Journal, starred review for My Heart Fills With Happiness ★"Smith tackles difficult and complex conversations with straightforwardness and compassion."--School Library Journal, starred review for Speaking Our Truth "Gentle...Notably centering Indigenous families and characters of color in personal and communal activities--and encouraging readers to evaluate their actions toward others."--Publisher's Weekly for When We Are Kind "Smith's text is heartwarming!"--Debbie Reese, American Indians in Children's Literature for You Hold Me Up

Autor

Monique Gray Smith is an award-winning, bestselling author. Her first published novel, Tilly: A Story of Hope and Resilience, won the 2014 Canadian Burt Award for First Nation, Métis and Inuit Literature. Since then, Monique has had 9 books come out that cover a broad spectrum of ages, topics and emotions. Woven into all of Monique's writing, speaking engagements and online courses is the teaching that love is medicine. Monique's recent books include Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults and a children's picture book called I Hope. Monique is Cree and Scottish and has been sober and involved in her healing journey for over 33 years. She is well known for her storytelling, spirit of generosity and focus on resilience. Nicole Neidhardt is Diné (Navajo) of the Kiiyaa'áanii Clan and is from Santa Fe, New Mexico. She has a BFA from the University of Victoria and an MFA from OCAD University in Toronto. Nicole's Diné identity is the heart of her practice, which encompasses illustration, installation, murals and Indigenous Futurisms. She is the illustrator of When We Are Kind, Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults, and most recently, What Your Ribbon Skirt Means to Me.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Orca Book Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 32
• Altersempfehlung: 3 bis 5 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. April 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 234mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 386g
• ISBN-13: 9781459838611
• ISBN-10: 1459838610
• Artikelnr.: 71725418