• I Lost My Talk
  • I'm Finding My Talk

    I’m Finding My Talk

    Created by: Rebecca Thomas
    Artist: Pauline Young
    Publisher: Nimbus Publishing

    I’m Finding My Talk reflects on the destructive effects on colonialism, rediscovering community and finding culture. Former Halifax Poet Laureate and second-generation residential school survivor Rebecca Thomas writes honestly and powerfully in this companion piece to Rita Joe’s I Lost My Talk. With vibrant illustrations from Mi’kmaw artist Pauline Young.

    $22.95
  • I Lost My Talk

    I Lost My Talk

    Created by: Rita Joe
    Artist: Pauline Young
    Publisher: Nimbus Publishing

    Rita Joe’s essential poetry is presented anew in this children’s picture book with illustrations from Pauline Young. Joe, known as the Poet Laureate of the Mi’kmaw, tells her childhood story of losing her language at Shubenacadie’s residential school. Mi’kmaw culture and language are celebrated in this collection, which joins current conversations about Canada’s shameful history, truth and reconciliation.

    Published simultaneously with the companion book I’m Finding My Talk by Rebecca Thomas.

    $22.95