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The Witness Blanket - Truth, Art and Reconciliation
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The Witness Blanket - Truth, Art and Reconciliation
From Orca Book Publishers
Current price: $24.95
Bolen Books
The Witness Blanket - Truth, Art and Reconciliation
From Orca Book Publishers
Current price: $24.95
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For more than 150 years, thousands of Indigenous children were taken from their families and sent to residential schools across Canada.
Artist Carey Newman created the Witness Blanket to make sure that history is never forgotten. The Blanket is a living work of art—a collection of hundreds of objects from those schools. It includes everything from photos, bricks, hockey skates, graduation certificates, dolls and piano keys to braids of hair. Behind every piece is a story. And behind every story is a residential school Survivor, including Carey's father. This book is a collection of truths about what happened at those schools, but it's also a beacon of hope and a step on the journey toward reconciliation.
The epub edition of this title is fully accessible.
AWARDS
2023 Forest of Reading Yellow Cedar Award
2023 USBBY Outstanding International Books List commendation
2022 OLA Best Bets Honourable Mention commendation
2022 CCBC Best Books for Kids & Teens, starred selection commendation
2023 CBC Teacher Favorites Award winner
2024 Red Cedar Book Award
2023 Canadian Children's Book Centre (CCBC) Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children’s Non-Fiction
2023 Canadian Children's Book Centre (CCBC) TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award
2023 Canadian Children's Book Centre (CCBC) Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children’s Non-Fiction winner
2023 United States Board on Books for Young People (USBBY) Outstanding International Books List (OIB) commendation
2022 Ontario Library association (OLA) Best Bets commendation
2023 Children's Book Council Teacher Favorites Award 6th - 8th Grade commendation
2024 Young Readers' Choice Book Awards of British Columbia (YRCABC) Red Cedar Book Awards
- Authors : Carey Newman, Kirstie Hudson
- Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
- Binding: Hardcover
- Edition:
- Pages: 96
- Height: 9
- Width: 7.5
- Weight: 1.01
- Imprint: Orca Book Publishers
- Isbn: 9781459836xxx
- Release Date : 2022-04-19