The Wandering Feather

In this charming debut, a feather from a red-tailed hawk finds its home in a little girl’s dreamcatcher

When a gust of wind blows a feather off a flying red-tailed hawk, it marks the beginning of that feather’s quest to find a new home. The feather ends up in a squirrel’s nest, a woman’s hat, and atop a sandcastle—but none of these spots feel right.

Soon, the feather is picked up by a little girl who lovingly takes it home to join two other feathers as part of a special craft project. When the project is complete, the reader discovers that the feather has found its home in a dreamcatcher.

Bright illustrations bring young readers along on this lost feather’s search for purpose, and the heartwarming conclusion weaves in a tribute to an Indigenous cultural object.

LISA FRENETTE is a Mi’kmaw and settler writer and editor with a love for storytelling and Indigenous literature. She is a member of Eskasoni First Nation and lives in Mississauga, Ontario. This is her first picture book.

AUGUST SWINSON is an artist and member of the Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation, currently living in Kitchener, Ontario. August works in a variety of styles and uses a mix of hand drawn and computer generated illustrations. Influenced by the beauty of nature and the classic Canadian landscape, and memories of his childhood living on the Scugog Island reserve, his illustrations evoke a sense of fun, and something familiar that reminds us of a more innocent age but from a new perspective. This is his first picture book.