Monkey Beach is a spellbinding voyage into the long

the novel asks searing questions about bystander culture

and repatriation

for the famous Otipîm'sowak Race -- a Métis voyageur relay -- carrying on a family tradition

The Bears and the Magic Masks transgender Monkey Beach is a spellbindingAward 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.