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As a kid, Currie loved ace-ing her spelling test and reading the dictionary. Her first stories were typed into a Commodore 64 and printed on a dot matrix printer, others were written and drawn on mini books - specially folded pieces of paper that could fit in her pocket. In grade 4, the class unit on poetry blew. her. mind! Miranda’s relationship with words continued to grow as she discovered that poetry + melody = songs, like the ones she heard on the radio. Writing was a way to express her thoughts and feelings – of which she had a lot!
After suffering a traumatic brain injury in 2011, that affected her ability to read and write as well as walk and talk, Miranda began to make stories in her head while lying in bed for 18 hours a day. To challenge herself she made them rhyme. In 2013, she was able to pen a spoken word poem about her negative experiences dealing with income assistance. It was read by her MLA in the NWT legislative assembly and later that week on CBC’s As it Happens. Later that year she released her first children’s book Anna and the Bear.
Returning to part time work in 2016, Miranda noticed how settler teachers sometimes struggled to integrate indigenous language in their teaching practice. She knew she could help, so in partnership with the Yellowknife Catholic School Board she wrote Sadee’s Mittens. A story about making a pair of traditional beaver mittens, Sadee’s Mittens is written in English with ten Wiilideh vocabulary words that appear throughout the book.
Miranda still loves alliteration, internal rhymes and the consistent meter of sentences with the same number of syllables. She writes songs, books, films, plays and poems and still loves the feeling of cracking open a new blank journal.
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Night after night, Sadee watches Granny working on a pair of mittens. Finally, she finds enough courage to ask Granny to teach her to make beaver fur mittens the traditional way.
Sadee’s Mittens is written in English with words from the Wiiliideh language, spoken by the Yellowknives Dene.
Anna loves to explore the northern bush. One day, she unexpectedly meets a black bear. Find out what happens to Anna! This book is written in playful rhyme and is recommended for all ages. Anna and the Bear is suitable for children grade 2-4 to read on their own.
Anna loves to explore northern rivers in her canoe. One day she comes across a beaver dam and a big grumpy beaver blocking her way. What will she do? Come find out! Anna Barters with a Beaver is written in rhyme and is recommended for all ages to read together. Grades 2-4 would enjoy reading this book independently.