I’m excited to share that “Drum from the Heart” is one of the top 15 best-selling books in British Columbia! Our book landed at #12. I was chatting with the author Ren and we are both so elated and thankful for all of the support for this publication. As I’ve said in the past, it was an absolute pleasure illustrating this story because it’s filled with love and has such a powerful message for Indigenous youth. If you haven’t had a chance to read it, check out your local bookstore or you can order it from Indigo Chapters. If you’re located in Vancouver, the toy store named Dilly Dally and Irondog Books have several copies available! I always recommend supporting local retailers when you can. :)
Here’s the link to the article.
This September has been incredibly busy for me and my family. I am currently working on another publication with Medicine Wheel Education, I look forward to sharing more details when I can! Also, I’m working on a picture book with Kids Can Press which is very exciting! The team has been incredible to work with so far and I cannot wait to get to the painting stage of this project because these images are going to be brimming with colour!
Also, I recently produced an image for Sweet Potato magazine. Check out the article here.
I’m riding the cool breeze of September aided by that back-to-school momentum to help fuel the inspiration for my recent projects. I’m also looking forward to spending more time cooking this Fall, we typically try not to use the stove or oven in the summer because it heated up our space so much. And it was a really hot summer! So now that the weather is cooling off, I’ve started making a few batches of soup and roasting root vegetables. This is my favourite time of year and I am really looking forward to October.
Take care and keep well. And buy a squash this week, cuz why not?