Moonbeam
ISBN: 9781777854294
How did you get your name? Who named you? Using a traditional Indigenous practice of naming children, this book tells the story of a young girl named Moonbeam. Tagging along with her mother who helps to deliver a baby, Moonbeam wonders about what name the new baby will be given while also learning the story behind her own name.
About the Author
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Gail Francis comes from the Wolastoqey Nation under the Wabanaki Confederacy and was born and raised in the Tobique First Nation community in northwestern New Brunswick, Canada. . She presently lives on the unsurrendered and unceded traditional territory of the Wolastoqiyik, Mi’kmaq and Passamaquoddy Nations in Miramichi, New Brunswick, with her husband. Gail is an educator, a lifelong learner, an avid reader, andan advocate for reading as a source of learning and entertainment. It is her love of the written word and of her culture that led her to embark upon writing Moonbeam.
About the Illustrator
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Tara Audibert is a multidisciplinary Wolastoqewi artist working in film, animation, illustration, and fine art. Her illustrations have been featured in the award-winning book series “Jo Jo Makoons” written by Dawn Quigley, “Loaf the Cat” by Nicholas DeShaw,“Fiddleheads for Fox.”, and in the comics “This Place: 150 Years Retold” and “Lost Innocence.” Tara owns Moxy Fox Studio where she has created animated films and series’ such as “Qaqsoss naka Wahuntuhsis,” “Lil’ Glooscap & the Legends of Turtle Island,” “I am the Warrior, and “The Importance of Dreaming.”. Tara lives in Sunny Corner, New Brunswick, Canada.