Stolen words /
written by Melanie Florence ; illustrated by Gabrielle Grimard.
- 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Text in English with some Cree text translations.
Kirkus Starred, July 2017
Stolen Words captures the beautiful, healing relationship between a little girl and her grandfather. When she asks him how to say something in his language - Cree - her grandpa admits that his words were stolen from him when he was a boy. The little girl then sets out to help her grandfather regain his language.
2.1 K-3 530L Lexile Q Fountas
9781772600377 1772600377
Grandparent and child--Juvenile fiction. Cree language--Juvenile fiction. Indians of North America--Canada--Juvenile fiction. Grandparent and child--Fiction. Cree language--Fiction. Indians of North America--Canada--Fiction. Racism--Fiction. Indigenous children--Juvenile fiction.