She Holds Up the Stars (PB) (FNCR 2023) PreSchool Mother chops the chocolate and

Mother chops the chocolate and reminds the children that only adults should use sharp utensils

On the whole this account is a welcome addition to the residential school narratives especially for grades 5 to intermediate levels

Framing Questions

Reviewers include Denise Augustine (Chemainus First Nation)

where she creates her award-winning works

She Holds Up the Stars (PB) (FNCR 2023) PreSchool Mother chops the chocolate andA young Indigenous girl searching for a sense of home finds strength and courage in her gifts, her deepening connection to the land, and her own cultural awakening in this moving coming of age story. The last thing that twelve year old Misko wants to do is to move away from the city to spend time on the rez with her grandmother. And yet she feels strangely compelled to go, drawn by a pull that she feels in her dreams. Maybe she can finally find out