PreviewsIrma Klyne

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  Five Senses for Métis Babies

  Leah Dorion, Leah Dorion (Illustrator), Irma Klyne (Translator), Larry Fayant (Translator)

  This board book features Dorion’s usual ornate and vivid style of illustration. Told in English and Michif, the book shows a baby’s five senses in the context of Métis culture– tasting berries, hearing fiddle music, and more.

  (Gabriel Dumont Institute Press, $17.50 Book, 21 pages, ISBN: 978-19-88011-33-2)  

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  My Little Métis Sleepy Horse

  Leah Marie Dorion, Irma Klyne (Translator), Larry Fayant (Translator)

  This vivid and ornately illustrated board book captures the Métis connection to horses through a simple story of a girl and her horse, going through a day of identical activities, including eating apples, drinking water, jumping, playing, and sleeping. It is told in English and Michif.

  (Gabriel Dumont Institute Press, $17.50 board book, 26 pages, ISBN: 978-1-988011-31-8)  

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  No Ordinary Camping Trip

  Bertha Landrie, Lucille Scott (Illustrator), Irma Klyne (Translator), Larry Fayant (Translator)

  In this story inspired by the author’s husband, 12-year-old Joe and his Métis family go to southern Saskatchewan for the summer to work on a farm picking rocks. The whole family works hard, but they also take time to relax and go fishing and to go to the local fair. 

  (Gabriel Dumont Institute Press, $17.50 Paperback, 42 pages, ISBN: 978-19-88011-36-3)