Winter Child Workbook carrying with him the knowledge

carrying with him the knowledge of his parents’ migration

Doué du pouvoir de se métamorphoser afin de fouiner dans les histoires des gens et d’écouter les chants secrets de la forêt

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challenging

Authenticity Note: This work contains some Indigenous artwork and photographs from Celestine Aleck

Winter Child Workbook carrying with him the knowledgeWinter Child is written by Virginia Psmapo Bordeleau, daughter of a Cree mother and a mixed race Quebec father, and translated from French by Susan Ouriou. One late September day, amid the years first snowfall, the winter child is born. He does not breathe. His mother watches helplessly until at last the baby uttered a first tentative croak like a frog unsure of springs arrival. Then again, and again, and again, the winter child narrowly avoids deaths