Âmî Osâwâpikones / Dear Dandelion (FNCR 2024) 2006 As the author of The

As the author of The Six Seasons of the Asiniskaw Ithiniwak series

a member of the Innu community of Ekuanitshit on Quebec's Côte-Nord

Reading Level: 3

And now the day of the potlatch has finally arrived

A work of enormous precision and care

Âmî Osâwâpikones / Dear Dandelion (FNCR 2024) 2006 As the author of TheA debut picture book by S. J. Okemow, of Nehiyaw and Eastern European and a multidisciplinary artist, celebrates self love, care, and resilience with one of the most widespread plantsthe dandelion. Both a love letter to the dandelion and a call to love ourselves in a difficult world, m Oswpikones reminds us that we are not defined as others see us. Following our young protagonist and the dandelions through the seasons, we are reminded that we are