Description
By: Jenn Moudahi / Illustrated by: Rhael McGregor
My moccasins are too small! This calls for a trip to Grandma’s.
Charlotte has outgrown her moccasins, so she and her Mom head to Grandma’s for new ones. Grandma teaches Charlotte how to make her new mocs step-by-step, and she learns a valuable skill from her beloved elder in this heartwarming multigenerational story.
A contemporary celebration of Native culture, tradition, and family. Highly relatable for Indigenous kids and any kid that has ever outgrown their favorite thing to wear.
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Author & Illustrator
Jenn Moudahi, author
Jenn Moudahi is a Métis author, clinical counselor, and mom. Stories are a common thread in her life—she writes them as an author, listens to them as a counselor, escapes into them as a reader, and allows too many at bedtime as a mom. Growing up, Jenn spent countless hours with her own mom learning to create Indigenous art, often helping to teach workshops throughout British Columbia. Jenn lives in Western Canada with her husband, two kids, and two purrfect cats. This is her first picture book.
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Rhael McGregor, illustrator
Rhael McGregor is a Winnipeg-based, Métis, and Two-Spirit/queer artist. Since stepping into storytelling in 2018, Rhael has been passionately telling stories as a writer and illustrator in hopes of all readers being able to see themselves in books. They love the winter, sweet treats, and doing beadwork for family and friends. They also illustrated Noodin’s Perfect Day.
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Editorial Reviews
School Library Journal
In a welcome addition to the growing collection of stories about Indigenous peoples, Charlotte has outgrown her moccasins, but her grandmother knows exactly how to remedy the problem. Like many people of the First Nations, Grandma knows how to construct a new pair, this time with Charlotte’s assistance. Step-by-step, she traces and cuts as Charlotte tells her stories. Charlotte selects leather, beads for the flower designs, and fur for the cuffs. This time Grandma does the sewing, but next time Charlotte will be ready to practice the craft that is her cultural tradition. Although the artwork is fairly generic, the story is warm-hearted. VERDICT A valuable resource, especially for libraries looking to expand their collections of books about Native American peoples.
Details
Hardcover
ISBN: 978-1-62354-496-6
Ages: 3–7
Page count: 32
81/2 x 11
Publication date: October 14, 2025
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