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Secret Pocket by Peggy Janicki (2023, Picture Book)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherORCA Book Publishers USA
ISBN-101459833724
ISBN-139781459833722
eBay Product ID (ePID)10057265267
Product Key Features
Book TitleSecret Pocket
Number of Pages32 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicPeople & Places / Canada / Native Canadian, Social Topics / Prejudice & Racism
Publication Year2023
IllustratorYes, Victor, Carrielynn
GenreJuvenile Nonfiction
AuthorPeggy Janicki
FormatPicture Book
Dimensions
Item Height0.3 in
Item Weight14.8 Oz
Item Length10.8 in
Item Width8.8 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience
LCCN2022-938343
ReviewsBoth sadness and joy are accessible within the illustrations and partner perfectly with the prose...An important addition to any bookshelf...A wonderful story for mature youngsters to engage with to begin talking about the history of residential schools. Highly Recommended., Though the tale is emotionally fraught, young readers are left with an uplifting reminder about the power and resolve of Indigenous people...A moving tribute to Native children's survival in the residential school system., Imbued with marvelous details and remarkable balance as it describes both hardship and resilience... Heartrending and heartening.
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition23
Grade FromFirst Grade
Dewey Decimal371.829/97071
Grade ToThird Grade
SynopsisThis illustrated nonfiction picture book tells the true story of how a resilient group of girls at a residential school sewed secret pockets into their clothes to hide food., "Captures the sympathy of readers and holds their attention...An age-appropriate telling by an Indigenous creative team of a tragic historical period."-- School Library Journal , starred review The true story of how Indigenous girls at a residential school sewed secret pockets into their dresses to hide food and survive. Mary was four years old when she was first taken away to the Lejac Indian Residential School. It was far away from her home and family. Always hungry and cold, there was little comfort for young Mary. Speaking Dakelh was forbidden and the nuns and priest were always watching, ready to punish. Mary and the other girls had a genius idea: drawing on the knowledge from their mothers, aunts and grandmothers who were all master sewers, the girls would sew hidden pockets in their clothes to hide food. They secretly gathered materials and sewed at nighttime, then used their pockets to hide apples, carrots and pieces of bread to share with the younger girls. Based on the author's mother's experience at residential school, The Secret Pocket is a story of survival and resilience in the face of genocide and cruelty. But it's also a celebration of quiet resistance to the injustice of residential schools and how the sewing skills passed down through generations of Indigenous women gave these girls a future, stitch by stitch., "Captures the sympathy of readers and holds their attention...An age-appropriate telling by an Indigenous creative team of a tragic historical period."--School Library Journal, starred review The true story of how Indigenous girls at a residential school sewed secret pockets into their dresses to hide food and survive. Mary was four years old when she was first taken away to the Lejac Indian Residential School. It was far away from her home and family. Always hungry and cold, there was little comfort for young Mary. Speaking Dakelh was forbidden and the nuns and priest were always watching, ready to punish. Mary and the other girls had a genius idea: drawing on the knowledge from their mothers, aunts and grandmothers who were all master sewers, the girls would sew hidden pockets in their clothes to hide food. They secretly gathered materials and sewed at nighttime, then used their pockets to hide apples, carrots and pieces of bread to share with the younger girls. Based on the author's mother's experience at residential school, The Secret Pocket is a story of survival and resilience in the face of genocide and cruelty. But it's also a celebration of quiet resistance to the injustice of residential schools and how the sewing skills passed down through generations of Indigenous women gave these girls a future, stitch by stitch.
LC Classification NumberE96.5 .J36 2023
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