the novel asks searing questions about bystander culture

acted under a mantle of sophistication and humanity as they tried to make the land- and power-hungry colonials understand their ways

When his Secwépemc and St'at'imc father

Coedited by Kathleen Ash-Milby and Bill Anthes

"Richly informative

The Bears and the Magic Masks transgender the novel asks searing questionsAward winning storyteller and poet Joseph Dandurand captures the delightful relationship between bears and the Kwantlen people in his fourth book for children ages 6 8. For a long time, the Kwantlen and the bears have lived side by side. When the master carver falls into the river, the bears rescue him. In thanks, the master carver gives the bears animal masks. But the bears don't know that these masks are magical.