Winter Child Workbook to help Nya dream and

to help Nya dream and transform into the animals she longs to be like

Authenticity Note: This work contains some Indigenous artwork and photographs from Celestine Aleck

In this thoughtful

carrying with him the knowledge of his parents’ migration

Winter Child Workbook to help Nya dream andWinter Child is written by Virginia Psmapo Bordeleau, daughter of a Cree mother and a mixed race Quebec father, and translated from French by Susan Ouriou. One late September day, amid the years first snowfall, the winter child is born. He does not breathe. His mother watches helplessly until at last the baby uttered a first tentative croak like a frog unsure of springs arrival. Then again, and again, and again, the winter child narrowly avoids deaths