Raven’s Ribbons
Emily Johansen
, Joseph Chirayil
, Jude Castillo
, Sandra Lackie
, Brad MULLER
, Marilyn Stanley
, Katie Kah
, Ryan Woods
, Hilary Squires
, Sandra Furlotte
, Kelli Hodder
, Natasha Andres
, Dot Mann
, Mitchell Schmidt
, Louise Walsh
, Shannon Leclerc
, Tami Osato
, Mary-Esther Lee
, Sharon Forzley
, Samantha Read
, Cheryl Johnson
, Noelle Walsh
, Heather O'Connor
, Barry Kazimer
, Sarah Schwartz
, Margo Beredjiklian
, Grace Klein
, Brittney Warren
, Andrea Pole
, joy mills
, Sara Conway
, Margaret McKay
, Keltey Buchko
, Sharon Thompson
, Lynn Bechtel
, Mary Therrien
, Edward Dalton
, Riel Clarke
, Dorothy Wong
, Marla Schecter Howard
, Reilly Robson
, diana kirkwood
, Susan Jang
, Tanya Korigan
, Ken Gilmour
, Amy Johnston
, Alison Yntema
, Rodney Cross
, Janice Cournoyer
, Kym Marsh
, Karen Kendrick
, Lisa Mallia
, Ashley Poblocki
, Amy Cieslak
, Jane McRobb
, Vikki Spencer
, Roland Schigas
, Wendy Houlden
, Sarah McComb
, Remi Gunn
, Rosa Cross
, Melissa Poremba
, Val Ross
, Alice Meems
, Cherryl Koylass
, kristine hibbs
, Pamela Humphrey
, Heather Norris
, Shelley Butcher
, Janet Hosokawa
, Tracy Campbell
, Stephanie Trotter
, Brooklynn Rutherford
, Janet Miller
, Sarah Dalton
, Shayla Bradley
, Vivian Thorgeirson
, Tanis Anne
, Sahar Sa
, Paula Adam
, Lisa Bilodeau
, Crystal Inwood
, Cassandra Morano
, ilona storie
, PATRICIA SOPEL
, Lynn Andrews
, Barbara Crossman
, Zara Garcia-Alvarez
, Alexis Wenzowski
, Nancy Reid
, Virginia Reddin
, Allison Dube
, Melissa Kohlman
, Dana Derks
, Christine Labelle
, Dian Anderson
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A joyous celebration of gender expression through an Indigenous lens, by New York Times bestselling author Tasha Spillett and Ojibwe elder Daniel Ramirez
Raven loves round dances. The drums sing to the people, and the people dance to their songs. Raven especially loves dancing with his grandma, sidestepping to the rhythm of the drums. His favourite part of all is watching the ribbon skirts swirl like rainbows.
“Nohkum, do you think a boy could wear a ribbon skirt?” Raven asks his grandmother one day. She tells him she has lived for a long time, but she has never seen it. That evening, she sews late into the night, and Raven awakes to a rainbow skirt of his own. “I’ve lived for a long time,” his grandma says, “and I’m lucky to see beautiful things that I’ve never seen before.” At the next dance, Raven wears the swirl of unique ribbons with pride.
With illustrations infused with joy and colour, this moving intergenerational story celebrates self-expression, honouring traditions, and finding room for reinvention.
