A title in the Indigenous Collection at VPL.

Tessa loves how her grandmother always smells of campfire stories. Mom says its because Kohkom spends her days sewing beautiful beads onto smoked hides. Inspired, Tessa asks Kohkom to teach her beading, but first she must listen and learn about the many stories held in a bead. Kelsey Borgford is Nbisiing Nishnaabe and resides in her traditional territory of Nipissing First Nation, located along the shorelines of Lake Nipissing in northern Ontario. Illustrator Tessa Pizzale grew up in North Bay, ON. Her Cree relatives are from Moose Factory, Fort Albany, and Peawanuck.