Say It First


Indigenous Language Revitalization

Written for 2-5 year olds.

The Stone People are like Elf’s or Leprachaun in other cultures. These little people are well known in teachings as being tricksters. Read about Kiwolatomuhsis’ and Puklatmu’j’s day as he visits a First Nation School.

This book was written to introduce the concept of a Spirit person with as accurate description as possible without actually having seen one. I used a Flat Stanley type concept and had a child named Preston (from Eel Ground First Nation) cut out and paste his own “trickster”. I then tripped around the Miramichi Valley until I got all of the photographs I needed.

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