Goose Girl
Winner of the McNally Robinson Book for Young
People Award (Younger Category), 2009 Manitoba Book
Awards
Many years ago, by a lake in Northern Canada, a young
girl named Marie found a wordless understanding with
a special goose that would change her life. A gentle and
moving story of love, faith and letting go, Goose Girl
marks a new direction for Joe and Matrine McLellan
after 10 enduring books in the Nanabosho series, with
sumptuous illustrations from Rhian Brynjolson.
"Joe and Matrine McLellan [. . .] tell this story simply and
effectvely, with a keen respect for Metis heritage
[. . .] a good candidate for home, school and public library
purchase." - Quill and Quire
"Rhian Brynjolson's illustrations of the story's characters
and its northern setting have an earthy beauty; this quality,
added to the French and Cree words interspersed among
the English, makes Goose Girl exceptional." - The Globe
and Mail