PreviewsKate Boyer

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  I Love My Aunty Because…

  Elena Bentley, Kate Boyer (Illustrator), Irma Klyne (Translator), Larry Fayant (Translator)

  Celebrating the important role aunties play in Métis culture, this charming picture book follows several aunties with their nephews and nieces, with each vignette highlighting what the children love about their aunties, from bannock making to dancing and more.

  (Gabriel Dumont Institute Press, $17.50 Paperback, 37 pages, ISBN: 978-19-88011-39-4)  

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  Once Upon a Christmas in Île-à-la-Crosse

  Rita Bouvier, Kate Boyer (Illustrator), Vince Ahenakew (Translator)

  In vivid and heartfelt prose, Rita Bouvier reminisces about her childhood in the historic, Métis community of Île-à-la-Crosse. Readers learn how this deeply spiritual, family-oriented community came together to prepare throughout the year before celebrating Christmas – from planting gardens and harvesting in the fall, to ordering dresses through catalogues, to dressing up for Midnight Mass – in a time and place when community connections and relationships mattered. Kate Boyer’s colourful oil pastel art captures the magic of the community’s togetherness. 

  (Gabriel Dumont Institute Press, $17.50 Paperback, 38 pages, ISBN: 978-1-988011-40-0)