Forever Our Home

by Tonya Simpson (Author) Carla Joseph (Illustrator)

Reading Level: K − 1st Grade

A lullaby of reconciliation and reclamation, celebrating the ancestral relationship between Indigenous children and the land that is forever their home.

Under glowing morning sun and silvery winter moon, from speckled frogs croaking in spring to summer fields painted with fireweed, this meditative lullaby introduces little ones to the plants and animals of the Prairies and the Plains.


Featuring stunning artwork by celebrated artist Carla Joseph, Forever Our Home is a beautiful and gentle song about our spiritual connection to the land.

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$21.95

Kirkus

Uplifting and joyous.

ALA/Booklist

Extends its essence to all Indigenous children...Depicts expanses of breathtakingly beautiful landscapes in all the seasons.

Review quotes

★This solemn and serene volume should be considered a first purchase. Essential for most collections, and with its wildlife-centric art, it's also a perfect read-aloud for Earth Day.— School Library Journal, starred review
Tonya Simpson

Tonya Simpson is of Scottish and Cree ancestry. She is a member of Pasqua First Nation and was born and raised in central Alberta. Tonya completed the MA program in anthropology at the University of Alberta and now works as a research assistant. Her first picture book, Forever Our Home, introduces readers to the animals and plants of the Prairies and the Plains. Tonya lives with her family at Pigeon Lake in Westerose, Alberta.

Delreé Dumont (Wapiski Kihew Esquao / White Eagle Woman) is a proud member of Onion Lake Cree Nation, Saskatchewan. She paints in the pointillism style, depicting the natural world blended with her teachings and experiences as an Indigenous woman. She also creates smudge fans, dreamcatchers and pine-needle baskets, and she is a traditional powwow dancer. Delreé lives and works at her home studio near Revelstoke, British Columbia.

Classification
-
ISBN-13
9781459835634
Lexile Measure
530
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Publication date
May 16, 2023
Series
-
BISAC categories
JUV002000 - Juvenile Fiction | Animals | General
JUV030090 - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | Canada - Native Canadian
Library of Congress categories
Stories in rhyme
Nature stories
Canadians
Prairie ecology

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