Illustrations with conversations are an Indigenous way of showing rather than telling, andYo! Wiksas?is a great book for curious kids who ask big questions,?and adults who help them discover answers about bullying, environmental protection, inclusivity, and more. Also a useful classroom adjunct to interpersonal relationships; includes an on-end study guide.
It's official, marijuana is legal in Canada, but as long as Linda Rogers is writing, who needs it? As an author, Rogers has always worked the high wire; tumbling weightlessly through the surreal spot-lit popcorn-scented air of the mind's Big Top. Like the girl on the Flying Trapeze, just when she's done so many imagistic flips and verbal mid-air summersaults you're sure she's about to plunge into the sawdust and elephant shit below, but with an acrobat's timing she arcs back onto the tiny platform, posing with a cocked hip and one hand raised, spangled tights flashing, making it look so easy.” —John Moore,BC Bookworld.
Rande Cook is represented by several important galleries which respect his voice as a ground breaker in contemporary Canadian northwest coast culture and urban Indigenous reality.
Linda Rogers is a past Poet Laureate and Canadian People’s Poet of Victoria. She has been awarded the Gwendolyn MacEwen, Livesay, Leacock, National Poetry, Rukeyser, Acorn, Cardiff, Montreal, Kenney, Voices Israel, Prix Anglais and Bridport literary prizes.
This book is framed by the consciousness of First Nations heritage, and accesses how through appreciating individuals we can learn and share and support each other – just like in the child world of sports and pets, parents and grandparents, where there is a common language – this is a values book with a tongue in its cheek. Contemporary, relevant, and fun.