Grandmother Ptarmigan (BD) Orange Shirt Stories each chapter connects to Indigenous

each chapter connects to Indigenous perspectives of wellness through remarks from Elder Stanley Kipling and Knowledge Keeper Richelle North Star Scott

Second Hay

the story about “savage Indians” and “civilized Canadians” and the latter group’s superior claim to “develop” the lands and resources of Canada still circulates widely

and a rare moment in which they openly talk about his memory—Maria attempts to call the family together from their physical and emotional distances once more

At the same time

Grandmother Ptarmigan (BD) Orange Shirt Stories each chapter connects to IndigenousWritten by Qaunaq Mikkigak, an Elder, artist, and throat singer from Cape Dorset, Nunavut, and Joanne Schwartz. Illustrated by Qin Leng. It's bedtime for baby ptarmigan, but he will not go to sleep. So his grandmother decides to tell him a bedtime story that he will never forget. This book is a simple, nursery rhyme inspired rendition of a traditional Inuit origin tale.