Nutshimit: In the Woods by Melissa Mollen Dupuis ,

In this immersive first-person account, Innu author Melissa Mollen Dupuis
teams up with award-winning author and illustrator Elise Gravel to take
readers on a journey through Innu culture, from creation legends to life
today.
The Innu word Nutshimit signifies the physical and social space to practice
traditional activities and language. Join author Melissa Mollen Dupuis on a
guided walk deep through the forest to learn some of the rich culture of the Innu
people.
Readers will discover the importance of natural world and learn a few Innu words
along the way. Thoughtfully brought to life by Elise Gravel's signature comic style
illustrations, Melissa's colloquial narrative and anecdotes detailing her lived
experiences offer a deeply personal look at Innu life.

MELISSA MOLLEN DUPUIS is a member of the Innu community of Ekuanitshit
on Quebec's Côte-Nord. She specializes in sharing the culture of her people with
non-Indigenous audiences through her writing and directing and is the co-founder
of the Quebec branch of the Idle No More movement.

ELISE GRAVEL has won a Governor General's Award for illustration, the Vicky
Metcalf Award for Literature for Young People, the Rights and Freedoms Award
from the Quebec Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la
jeunesse, two Applied Arts Awards and a Grafika Award. She also was short-listed
for Mr. Christie's Book Award. She has written and illustrated over 30 books for
children in both French and English including Not Me (Pas moi), Everybody! (Tout
le monde! and It's My Body! (C'est mon corps!). Elise lives in Montreal, Quebec.

English
8 x 11 in
North Winds Press