Author Study: Monique Gray Smith by https://padlet.com/haileyrc101/jqf3o1b86egts399 Made with the strength to succeed en-us 2021-04-11 22:19:02 UTC 2025-03-15 23:11:36 UTC hello@padlet.com When We Are Kind eee21 https://padlet.com/haileyrc101/jqf3o1b86egts399/wish/1409739851 When We Are Kind celebrates the importance of being kind. It explores how you feel when you give and receive acts of kindness within your community. The illustrations of this book feature Indigenous individuals. ]]> 2021-04-12 23:48:06 UTC https://padlet.com/haileyrc101/jqf3o1b86egts399/wish/1409739851 Texts that represent diverse characters eee21 https://padlet.com/haileyrc101/jqf3o1b86egts399/wish/1409743074 2021-04-12 23:49:51 UTC https://padlet.com/haileyrc101/jqf3o1b86egts399/wish/1409743074 You Hold Me Up eee21 https://padlet.com/haileyrc101/jqf3o1b86egts399/wish/1409757295 You Hold Me Up encourages children to consider each others well-being by showing love and support towards each other. The story explores the different ways to hold others up through cooking, praying, singing, or helping each other! The illustrations reflect Native people during modern times. ]]> 2021-04-12 23:57:02 UTC https://padlet.com/haileyrc101/jqf3o1b86egts399/wish/1409757295 Speaking Our Truth eee21 https://padlet.com/haileyrc101/jqf3o1b86egts399/wish/1409762092 Speaking Our Truth asks readers to take a journey of reconciliation. The book discusses the history of residential schools in Canada, which is often neglected in school curricula. A residential school is a school that was set up by European settlers to convert Indigenous people to European practices. The book is inspired by a presentation from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

Throughout the story, Gray Smith emphasizes the importance of honesty, kindness, and listening to all individuals.]]> 2021-04-12 23:59:34 UTC https://padlet.com/haileyrc101/jqf3o1b86egts399/wish/1409762092 Tilly and the Crazy Eights eee21 https://padlet.com/haileyrc101/jqf3o1b86egts399/wish/1409767151  Tilly and the Crazy Eights follows Tilly as she drives eight Elders (the Crazy Eights) to fulfill their bucket lists in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Throughout their road trip, Tilly and the Crazy Eights find friendship, love, and amazing experiences. ]]> 2021-04-13 00:01:42 UTC https://padlet.com/haileyrc101/jqf3o1b86egts399/wish/1409767151 Genre of work eee21 https://padlet.com/haileyrc101/jqf3o1b86egts399/wish/1409776341 Monique Gray Smith often writes books that are realistic fiction, meaning that the stories did not actually happen, but they could. Some of Gray Smith's books, like Speaking Our Truth, are nonfiction since they discuss real events. ]]> 2021-04-13 00:05:42 UTC https://padlet.com/haileyrc101/jqf3o1b86egts399/wish/1409776341 Monique Gray Smith on her book: Speaking Our Truth crv5 https://padlet.com/haileyrc101/jqf3o1b86egts399/wish/1413430936 2021-04-13 18:27:42 UTC https://padlet.com/haileyrc101/jqf3o1b86egts399/wish/1413430936 Monique's Life and Work crv5 https://padlet.com/haileyrc101/jqf3o1b86egts399/wish/1413514157 Monique Gray Smith is of Cree, Lakota, and Scottish descent; the proud Mom of 12-year-old twins; and the author of books for babies, kids, and teens, including the picture books You Hold Me Up and My Heart Fills with Happiness and the YA novel Tilly.]]> 2021-04-13 18:45:36 UTC https://padlet.com/haileyrc101/jqf3o1b86egts399/wish/1413514157 Inspiration jrm38 https://padlet.com/haileyrc101/jqf3o1b86egts399/wish/1413896231 Gray Smith is inspired by resilience in many of her books. She believes it is important to witness challenges, pain, and triumph in life. She says, “...it is in the journey that teachings and life lessons are revealed that can help the reader sort through something that might be going on in their life…”. The awe of power of the human spirit and our ability to be resilient is what inspires her! Gray Smith is also inspired by her Indigenous heritage, often representing Native people in her books.]]> 2021-04-13 20:27:01 UTC https://padlet.com/haileyrc101/jqf3o1b86egts399/wish/1413896231 ejk10 https://padlet.com/haileyrc101/jqf3o1b86egts399/wish/1421814953 Tilly: A Story of Hope and Resilience won the 2014 CODE Burt Award for First Nation, Métis and Inuit Literature.
(Monique Gray Smith, 2020).

Lucy & Lola won the 2018 CODE Burt Award for First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Young Adult Literature.
Lucy & Lola is also a finalist for the Sheila A. Egoff Award for Children’s Literature as part of the BC Book Awards.
(Monique Gray Smith, 2020).]]> 2021-04-15 16:07:03 UTC https://padlet.com/haileyrc101/jqf3o1b86egts399/wish/1421814953 ejk10 https://padlet.com/haileyrc101/jqf3o1b86egts399/wish/1421847333 Tilly and the Crazy Eights won the PMC Indigenous Literature Award. 
(Monique Gray Smith, 2020).]]> 2021-04-15 16:11:49 UTC https://padlet.com/haileyrc101/jqf3o1b86egts399/wish/1421847333 ejk10 https://padlet.com/haileyrc101/jqf3o1b86egts399/wish/1422107814 You Hold Me Up was a finalist for the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award.
(Monique Gray Smith, 2020).]]> 2021-04-15 17:00:58 UTC https://padlet.com/haileyrc101/jqf3o1b86egts399/wish/1422107814 ejk10 https://padlet.com/haileyrc101/jqf3o1b86egts399/wish/1422191887 Speaking our Truth: A Journey of Reconciliation won the Bolen Books Children's Book Prize  and was 1 of 5 finalists for the TD Canadian Children’s Book Award. (The Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2019)]]> 2021-04-15 17:17:03 UTC https://padlet.com/haileyrc101/jqf3o1b86egts399/wish/1422191887 Awards and honorable notations for Gray Smith's work ejk10 https://padlet.com/haileyrc101/jqf3o1b86egts399/wish/1422252654 2021-04-15 17:28:25 UTC https://padlet.com/haileyrc101/jqf3o1b86egts399/wish/1422252654 Helpful References and Resources jrm38 https://padlet.com/haileyrc101/jqf3o1b86egts399/wish/1423553775 Gordon, C. (2021). 17 New Authors of Color Writing Much-Needed Stories for Kids. Brightly. Retrieved April 13, 2020 from https://www.readbrightly.com/new-authors-of-color-writing-for-kids/.

Monique believes that Love is Medicine. (2020). moniquegraysmith.com. Retrieved April, 13, 2021, from https://www.moniquegraysmith.com/about.

Monique Gray Smith. (2020). Books. Retrieved from https://www.moniquegraysmith.com/writing.

Orca Book Publishers.(August, 21, 2017). Monique Gray Smith Interview [Video]. Youtube. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQLauCFGmvg.

Publishers, O. B. (n.d.). Welcome: Speaking Our Truth. Welcome | Speaking Our Truth. http://orcabook.com/speakingourtruth/index.html.

Recommended: YOU HOLD ME UP by Monique Gray Smith. American Indians in Children's Literature (AICL). (n.d.). https://americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com/2017/07/recommended-you-hold-me-up-by-monique.html#:~:text=Published%20by%20Orca%2C%20it%20is,people%20in%20the%20present%20day.
 
The Canadian Children's Book Centre. (2019, October 19). Speaking Our Truth by Monique Gray Smith wins the Bolen Books Children’s Book Prize. Book Centre Canada. Retrieved from https://bookcentre.ca/news/speaking-truth-monique-gray-smith-wins-bolen-books-childrens-book-prize.

View, Q. (n.d.). Tilly and the Crazy Eights. Second Story Press. https://secondstorypress.ca/adult/tilly-and-the-crazy-eights.

"When We Are Kind". CM. (2020, June 26). https://www.cmreviews.ca/node/1729. 
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