Metis author, Spencer Sheehan-Kalina, uses poetry to highlight the beauty of the Nootka Sound and the animals that live there, with Aboriginal connections to the poem's content. Learn all about the traditional harvesting of the land plants and sea life by Nootka Sound's Indigenous people the Mowachaht/Muchalaht.

In addition, young readers will learn Indigenous words for the animals that live in the Nootka Sound area. The Aboriginal connections in this children's book aligns with the BC curricular competencies of kindergarten to Grade 3. The stunning illustrations are done by Vancouver Island artist, Kim Nixon. 

With support and permissions of the Cultural Resource Centre committee and Chief Jerry Jack of the ​Mowachaht/Muchalahat First Nation in Tsaxana, B.C. 29 full-page colour illustrations.