Status
Available
Call number
Call number
FIC LOY c.3
Collection
Local notes
Shelved in Aboriginal Collection - Youth
Description
The Gathering Treeis a beautifully illustrated children's book about HIV/AIDS. Written by award-winning First Nations author Larry Loyie and co-author Constance Brissenden, it is a gentle, positive story of a First Nations family facing HIV. After eleven-year-old Tyler and his younger sister Shay-Lyn learn their favorite cousin Robert has HIV, they discover that knowledge brings understanding and self-awareness. Aspects of physical, spiritual, mental and emotional health are addressed.
Genres
Publication
Penticton, B.C. : Theytus Books, [2005]
ISBN
1894778286 / 9781894778282