CBC Books | CBC | Posted: March 2, 2017 1:43 PM | Last Updated: March 3, 2017
Melanie Florence, illustrated by François Thisdale
Image | BOOK COVER: Missing Nimama by Melanie Florence
Kateri is a young girl, growing up in the care of her grandmother. We see her reaching important milestones her first day of school, first dance, first date, wedding, first child along with her mother, who is always there, watching her child growing up without her.
Told in alternating voices, Missing Nimâmâ is a story of love, loss and acceptance, showing the human side of a national tragedy. An afterword by the author provides a simple, age-appropriate context for young readers. (From Clockwise Press)
Missing Nimâmâ won the TD Canadian Children's Literature Award in 2016.