DAVID A. ROBERTSON is the winner of the Beatrice Mosionier Aboriginal Writer of the Year Award, the John Hirsch Award for Most Promising Manitoba Writer and the TWUC Freedom to Read Award. His books include The Barren Grounds: The Misewa Saga; When We Were Alone (winner of the Governor General’s Award, a finalist for the TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award and a McNally Robinson Best Book for Young People); Will I See? (winner of the Manuela Dias Book Design and Illustration Award, graphic novel category); and the YA novel Strangers (recipient of the Michael Van Rooy Award for Genre Fiction). He is the creator and host of the podcast Kiwew. Through his writings about Canada’s Indigenous peoples, Robertson educates as well as entertains, reflecting Indigenous cultures, histories and communities while illuminating many contemporary issues. David A. Robertson is a member of Norway House Cree Nation. He lives in Winnipeg.

 

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Scott Henderson (he/him/his) is author/illustrator of the sci-fi/fantasy comic, The Chronicles of Era and has illustrated select titles in the Canadian Air Force’s For Valour series and Tales From Big Spirit series, the graphic novel series 7 Generations and A Girl Called Echo, select stories in This Place: 150 Years Retold, Fire Starters, an AIYLA Honour Book, and Eisner-award nominee, A Blanket of Butterflies. In 2016, he was the recipient of the C4 Central Canada Comic Con Storyteller Award. https://scotthendersonart.wordpress.com/

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A masterpiece of traditional knowledge; a powerful gift to share!

Betty Ross, Elder, Cross Lake First Nation

Healing lies in knowing our past, not just of our lives, but also the distant past of our ancestors. The interweaving movements from present to past and past to present are like waves of cleansing waters washing in to the present, and back out to that distant past. It's mesmerizing.

Beatrice Mosionier, author of "In Search of April Raintree"

Reconciliation is about respect...and self-respect is where it starts. A good story is worth telling, and when told well is worth reading. Especially this one.

Justice Murray Sinclair, Chair, Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada

Among recommended Indigenous titles for building an Inclusive Graphic Novel Collection

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David weaves an engrossing and unforgettable story with the precision of a historian and the colour of a true Indigenous storyteller.

Rosanna Deerchild, author of "This Is a Small Northern Town"

Emotionally powerful works. Recommended.

CM Magazine

Selected for CCBC's Best Books for Kids & Teens list

Canadian Children's Book Centre

An excellent Canadian teen graphic novel series...[and] an honest portrayal of a young Cree man learning about his family's hardship.

Ottawa Public Library

A powerful message through image and artwork [that] will engage readers in an historical and insightful story.

David Booth, author and educator