Shi-shi-etko

Shi-shi-etkoWinner of the Anskohk Aboriginal Children's Book of the Year Award. Finalist for the TD Canadian Children's Literature Award, the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award and the Ruth Schwartz Award In just four days young Shi shi etko will have to leave her family and all that she knows to attend residential school. She spends her last days at home treasuring the beauty of her world the dancing sunlight, the tall grass, each shiny rock, the tadpoles in the

Throughout the book the omnipresent narrator encourages thoughtful reflection on the empty spaces left by the loss

The Invisible String Workbook: Creative Activities to Comfort

and lemurs to humans

the division of material within the curricula assures that the activities reflect the developmental level of the grieving child or adolescent

you’re all too familiar with the feeling of not knowing what to do or say

Variables affecting the impact of trauma are explored such as different developmental stages

she uncovers

Writing not only about but also for teenagers

her grandfather's paddle song

Carmen Mok’s gentle illustrations show the love between a child and her grandmother in this story that will resonate with anyone who has lost a loved one

In this unique and compassionate guide

grandparents suffer a double loss