When the Stars Came Home Odawa "Heart Berries by Terese Mailhot

"Heart Berries by Terese Mailhot is an astounding memoir in essays

and always practical

Each story is accompanied by strikingly beautiful illustrations by revered Indigenous artists Isaac Murdoch and Christi Belcourt

she knows that another girl did the same generations before her

from the forced removal policies of the 1830s to the exigencies of the Civil War era

When the Stars Came Home Odawa "Heart Berries by Terese MailhotHow does a strange new place become home? When Ojiig moves to the city with his family, he misses everything they left behind. Most of all, he misses the sparkling night sky. Without the stars watching over him, he feels lost. His parents try to help, but nothing seems to work. Not glow in the dark sticker stars, not a star shaped nightlight. But then they have a new idea for how to make Ojiig feel better a special quilt stitched through with family