“I really felt like I was writing it with Richard and channeling his spirit through the book and channeling his words into a message that he would be proud of.

[windspeaker@mstdn.ca]

“I really felt like I was writing it with Richard and channeling his spirit through the book and channeling his words into a message that he would be proud of. It was something I was really honoured to do.”

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Poem about Canada by late writer Richard Wagamese adapted for picture book

Canada: We are the Story is the colourful and engaging children’s picture book that re-imagines “The Canada Poem” by late Ojibway writer Richard Wagamese. David Robertson, editorial director of publisher Swift Water, a new imprint of Penguin Random House Canada, was approached by Wagamese’s agents and asked to adapt a number of the writer’s works into picture books. 

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