First Nation Literature Units Senior 1 - Victoria School District 61
First Nation Literature Units Senior 1 - Victoria School District 61
First Nation Literature Units Senior 1 - Victoria School District 61
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About the Author<br />
<strong>First</strong> <strong>Nation</strong> Novel Unit<br />
April Raintree<br />
by Beatrice Culleton-Mosionier<br />
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Beatrice (Culleton) Mosionier was born in the St. Boniface area of Winnipeg, Manitoba.<br />
The youngest of four children, she grew up in foster homes, but says she had a ―reasonably<br />
happy childhood.‖ When she was 17, Beatrice moved to Toronto where she attended George<br />
Brown College. Her sister Vivian committed suicide in 1964; after a second sister, Kathy,<br />
committed suicide in 1980, Beatrice decided to write a book. In Search of April Raintree, based<br />
loosely on her own experiences, was published in 1983, and has become a Canadian classic. A<br />
revised version, April Raintree, is taught in schools around the world. In 1999, In Search of April<br />
Raintree, Critical Edition, was published by Peguis Publishers (now Portage & Main Press).<br />
Beatrice is the author of several children’s book including: Spirit of the White Bison,<br />
Christopher’s Folly, and Unusual Friendships: A Little Black Cat and a Little White Rat. Her<br />
second novel, In the Shadow of Evil, was published in 2000. Beatrice has travelled nationally and<br />
internationally to speak to organizations, schools, and universities. In her spare time, she pursues<br />
her other long-time interest—designing and building woodworking projects.<br />
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