Monique Gray Smith
Monique Gray Smith is a mixed–heritage woman of Cree, Lakota, and Scottish ancestry and a proud mom of twins. Monique is an accomplished consultant, writer and international speaker. Her first novel, Tilly: A Story of Hope and Resilience, won the 2014 Burt Award for First Nations, Métis and Inuit Literature. Monique and her family are blessed to live on Lkwungen territory in Victoria, British Columbia.

J’ai le cœur rempli de bonheur / sâ kask inêw nitêh miy wêyi htamowin ohci
illustrated by Julie Flett
translated by Rachel Martinez; Mary Cardinal Collins & Cree Literacy Network


My Heart Fills With Happiness / sâkaskinêw nitêh miywêyihtamowin ohci
illustrated by Julie Flett
translated by Mary Cardinal Collins
edited by Cree Literary Network

My Heart Fills With Happiness / sâkaskinêw nitêh miywêyihtamowin ohci
illustrated by Julie Flett
translated by Mary Cardinal Collins
edited by Cree Literacy Network

My Heart Fills With Happiness / sâkaskinêw nitêh miywêyihtamowin ohci
illustrated by Julie Flett
translated by Mary Cardinal Collins
edited by Cree Literacy Network

My Heart Fills With Happiness Read-Along




You hold me up when you comfort me
When you listen to me
When you respect me.
You hold me up
I hold you up
We hold each other up.

You hold me up when you comfort me
When you listen to me
When you respect me.
You hold me up
I hold you up
We hold each other up.

You hold me up when you comfort me
When you listen to me
When you respect me.
You hold me up
I hold you up
We hold each other up.

You Hold Me Up / ê-ohpiniyan
illustrated by Danielle Daniel
translated by Mary Cardinal Collins
edited by Cree Literacy Network

You Hold Me Up / ê-ohpiniyan
illustrated by Danielle Daniel
translated by Mary Cardinal Collins
edited by Cree Literacy Network

You hold me up when you comfort me
When you listen to me
When you respect me.
You hold me up
I hold you up
We hold each other up.