Melanie Florence is a writer of Cree and Scottish heritage and has been writing full-time since 2010. She is the author of Missing Nimâmâ, which won the 2016 TD Canadian Children's Literature Award, Stolen Words, which won the 2018 Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Award and the bestselling Orca Soundings titles He Who Dreams and Dreaming in Color. She lives in Toronto with her family.

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    The One About the Blackbird
     

    The One About the Blackbird
     

    Grade 3 - 4
    Health & Daily Living | Performing Arts | Family
    Melanie Florence
    Matt James
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    Benjamin Grows a Garden
     

    Benjamin Grows a Garden
     

    Grade 2 - 3
    Indigenous | Recycling & Green Living | Family | Science & Nature
    Melanie Florence
    Hawlii Pichette
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    Lo Simpson Starts a Revolution
     

    Lo Simpson Starts a Revolution
     

    Grade 4 - 7
    Social Themes
    Melanie Florence
    CELA Library
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    Kaiah’s Garden
     

    Kaiah’s Garden
     

    Grade P - 3
    Family | Indigenous Peoples of Turtle Island | Social Themes
    Melanie Florence
    Karlene Harvey
    NNELS Library
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    Legends of Funland
     

    Legends of Funland
     

    Grade 4 - 7
    Family | Ghost Stories
    Melanie Florence
    Hi-Lo
    Top Grade Books
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    Just Lucky
     

    Just Lucky
     

    Grade 8 - 12
    Family | Social Themes | Girls & Women
    Melanie Florence
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    He Who Dreams
     

    He Who Dreams
     

    Grade 8 - 12
    Social Themes | Performing Arts
    Melanie Florence
    CELA Library
    Hi-Lo
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    Dreaming in Color
     

    Dreaming in Color
     

    Grade 8 - 12
    Social Themes | Family
    Melanie Florence
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    Stolen Words
     

    Stolen Words
     

    Grade 1 - 3
    People & Places | Social Themes | Family
    Melanie Florence
    Gabrielle Grimard
    CELA Library
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    Rez Runaway
     

    Rez Runaway
     

    Grade 9 - 12
    Indigenous | LGBTQ+ | Diversity & Multicultural | General
    Melanie Florence
    CELA Library
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    Missing Nimama
     

    Missing Nimama
     

    Age Range
    Indigenous Peoples of Turtle Island | Stories in Verse (see also Poetry) | Social Themes
    Melanie Florence
    Francois Thisdale
    CELA Library
    NNELS Library
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    Legends of Funland (Noah Text Edition)
     

    Legends of Funland (Noah Text Edition)
     

    Grade 4 - 7
    Ghost Stories | Family
    Melanie Florence
    CELA Library