Pub Date: September 5, 2017
Dewey: E
Lexile Code: 0530
Features: Dust Cover, Illustrated, Price on Product
Target Age Group: 06 to 09
Physical Info: 0.50" H x 8.60" L x 8.70" W ( 0.64 lbs) 24 pages
BISAC Categories:
Juvenile Fiction | Indigenous Peoples of Turtle Island | Social Themes | Prejudice Racism and Colorism | Family | Multigenerational | Native American
Description: A little girl sets out to help her grandfather discover the Cree language that was stolen from him when he was sent away to residential school as a boy.
Brief description: Melanie Florence is an award-winning writer of Cree and Scottish heritage. She wrote Stolen Words in honor of her grandfather. Melanie never had the chance to speak to him about his Cree heritage, and the story is about the healing relationship she wishes she had been able to have with him. Her book Jordin Tootoo was an American Indian Library Association Honor Book, and Missing Nimama won the TD Canadian Children's Literature Award. Melanie lives with her family in Toronto.
Review Quotes:
"Florence's tender text soothes the harsh reality of having Native language stolen while attending one of Canada's former residential schools for Indigenous children. Grimard's equally emotive illustrations show the stark realities of the experience in symbolic images... Unforgettable." Starred Review
-- "Kirkus Reviews"