A beautifully written and hauntingly drawn story about a little girl who wants to learn how to say Grandfather in Cree. Her grandfather explains that he no longer remembers as his words were stolen as a child.

This book was both beautiful and sad. The images were stunning and captivating and yet so haunting the way they showed how the words were stolen from the children in residential schools.

I loved the contrast of images between the past and the present with the present being colourful, bright and happy, and the past being darker, painful and uncomfortable.

It was also wonderful to see the story written in Cree as well as English, it felt as though in a small way this is one step in taking back a language that was unrightfully stolen. An incredibly dark and infuriating piece of Canadian history that needs to be shared to teach everyone why happened.