National Network for Equitable Library Service

Yax is too young to accompany his father on a trading expedition and must stay at home with his mother and his younger sister. Disappointed, he goes off to practise his spear-throwing.

In her third book inspired by First Nations’ stories, children’s author and illustrator Caroll Simpson explains the significance of community values.

This is the story of how the first beaver came to be. It tells of a young girl, Reedee, who is born with hair the colour of Mother Earth, not the colour of Raven like the rest of her people.