Benjamin Grows a Garden (HC) Ho-Chunk the Indigenous youth suicide epidemic

the Indigenous youth suicide epidemic

and the role of language and gender in stories

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In Smoke by Elena Belyea

Benjamin Grows a Garden (HC) Ho-Chunk the Indigenous youth suicide epidemicWritten by Melanie Florence and illustrated by Hawlii Pichette, Mushkego Cree (Treaty 9) urban mixed blood artist. Born and raised in the small community of Cochrane, Ontario, she is deeply influenced by her culture, upbringing and the natural world. Readers follow along step by step as Benjamin plants and cares for his garden and imagines the harvest to come. Benjamin loves springtime. The grass grows bright green, the birds sing sweet songs and,