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Let Dragonfly lead you on a journey of inspiration!
Following your winged guide, visit the places and things that can help you find strength in the present and imagine your amazing future. Dream alongside everything from a giant construction site and a sewing machine to the river and a blanket of moss. After your travels, Dragonfly asks: What do you like to dream about? With its mixed setting in rural and urban environments and exploration of both the natural and modern world, Dreaming Alongside gives readers permission to daydream and think of what magic their lives have the potential to hold.
This bilingual book includes full text in both English and Plains Cree.
Praise for Monique Gray Smith:
★"Joyful and tender...celebrates the activities that bring gladness through family and cultural connections."-School Library Journal, starred review for My Heart Fills With Happiness
★"Smith tackles difficult and complex conversations with straightforwardness and compassion."-School Library Journal, starred review for Speaking Our Truth
"Gentle…Notably centering Indigenous families and characters of color in personal and communal activities-and encouraging readers to evaluate their actions toward others."-Publisher's Weekly for When We Are Kind
"Smith's text is heartwarming!"-Debbie Reese, American Indians in Children's Literature for You Hold Me Up
Key Selling Points
• Dragonfly invites us on a journey to dream alongside the places and things that give us inspiration, taking comfort in what's around us and envisioning a joyful future.
• Monique Gray Smith includes a mix of both traditional points of inspiration, like the ocean and cedar trees, and more modern, unexpected ones, such as construction machines, computers and the dentist's office, to represent the real places readers know, and show them that dreams can come from anywhere.
• Nicole Neidhardt's beautiful illustrations capture the hope and joy of Monique's sentiments with their bold colours and patterns, and focus on Indigenous children and families (with sightings of Dragonfly throughout).
• Monique got the idea for this book from a walk her wife and little nephew had, where he became transfixed by a digger at a construction site, and she began thinking about all that can inspire a kid to dream.
• Monique Gray Smith is a bestselling author of books such as I Hope, When We Are Kind and My Heart Fills with Happiness; she is also a sought-after consultant and speaker, known for her storytelling, generosity and focus on resilience.
• Includes an author's note speaking to the importance of daydreaming and paying attention to our dreams.
Dragonfly invites the reader to journey with her to visit the places in our lives that give rise to brilliant dreams for the future, from our bookshelf, where we picture the stories we will tell, to the blanket of moss, where we feel nurtured and peaceful.
Monique Gray Smith is an award-winning, bestselling author. Her first published novel, Tilly: A Story of Hope and Resilience, won the 2014 Canadian Burt Award for First Nation, Métis and Inuit Literature. Since then, Monique has had 9 books come out that cover a broad spectrum of ages, topics and emotions. Woven into all of Monique's writing, speaking engagements and online courses is the teaching that love is medicine. Monique's recent books include Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults and a children's picture book called I Hope. Monique is Cree and Scottish and has been sober and involved in her healing journey for over 33 years. She is well known for her storytelling, spirit of generosity and focus on resilience.
Nicole Neidhardt is Diné (Navajo) of the Kiiyaa'áanii Clan and is from Santa Fe, New Mexico. She has a BFA from the University of Victoria and an MFA from OCAD University in Toronto. Nicole's Diné identity is the heart of her practice, which encompasses illustration, installation, m
Following your winged guide, visit the places and things that can help you find strength in the present and imagine your amazing future. Dream alongside everything from a giant construction site and a sewing machine to the river and a blanket of moss. After your travels, Dragonfly asks: What do you like to dream about? With its mixed setting in rural and urban environments and exploration of both the natural and modern world, Dreaming Alongside gives readers permission to daydream and think of what magic their lives have the potential to hold.
This bilingual book includes full text in both English and Plains Cree.
Praise for Monique Gray Smith:
★"Joyful and tender...celebrates the activities that bring gladness through family and cultural connections."-School Library Journal, starred review for My Heart Fills With Happiness
★"Smith tackles difficult and complex conversations with straightforwardness and compassion."-School Library Journal, starred review for Speaking Our Truth
"Gentle…Notably centering Indigenous families and characters of color in personal and communal activities-and encouraging readers to evaluate their actions toward others."-Publisher's Weekly for When We Are Kind
"Smith's text is heartwarming!"-Debbie Reese, American Indians in Children's Literature for You Hold Me Up
Key Selling Points
• Dragonfly invites us on a journey to dream alongside the places and things that give us inspiration, taking comfort in what's around us and envisioning a joyful future.
• Monique Gray Smith includes a mix of both traditional points of inspiration, like the ocean and cedar trees, and more modern, unexpected ones, such as construction machines, computers and the dentist's office, to represent the real places readers know, and show them that dreams can come from anywhere.
• Nicole Neidhardt's beautiful illustrations capture the hope and joy of Monique's sentiments with their bold colours and patterns, and focus on Indigenous children and families (with sightings of Dragonfly throughout).
• Monique got the idea for this book from a walk her wife and little nephew had, where he became transfixed by a digger at a construction site, and she began thinking about all that can inspire a kid to dream.
• Monique Gray Smith is a bestselling author of books such as I Hope, When We Are Kind and My Heart Fills with Happiness; she is also a sought-after consultant and speaker, known for her storytelling, generosity and focus on resilience.
• Includes an author's note speaking to the importance of daydreaming and paying attention to our dreams.
Dragonfly invites the reader to journey with her to visit the places in our lives that give rise to brilliant dreams for the future, from our bookshelf, where we picture the stories we will tell, to the blanket of moss, where we feel nurtured and peaceful.
Monique Gray Smith is an award-winning, bestselling author. Her first published novel, Tilly: A Story of Hope and Resilience, won the 2014 Canadian Burt Award for First Nation, Métis and Inuit Literature. Since then, Monique has had 9 books come out that cover a broad spectrum of ages, topics and emotions. Woven into all of Monique's writing, speaking engagements and online courses is the teaching that love is medicine. Monique's recent books include Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults and a children's picture book called I Hope. Monique is Cree and Scottish and has been sober and involved in her healing journey for over 33 years. She is well known for her storytelling, spirit of generosity and focus on resilience.
Nicole Neidhardt is Diné (Navajo) of the Kiiyaa'áanii Clan and is from Santa Fe, New Mexico. She has a BFA from the University of Victoria and an MFA from OCAD University in Toronto. Nicole's Diné identity is the heart of her practice, which encompasses illustration, installation, m