• This is a companion volume to Niwechihaw / I Help, which is in its fifth printing. It also won the AGHE Book Award for Best Children’s Literature on Aging.
• There is a universality to this story about having to wait for one another.
• The very simple, short story, well supported by illustration, makes this an excellent book for children learning to read. The Cree and English text appear in different colours to help differentiate between the two.
• The text in Cree and English contributes to the effort to keep indigenous languages alive.
• Curriculum connections to Indigenous languages and Language arts / reading; Social studies / heritage and identities, people and environments.

CAITLIN DALE NICHOLSON is a graduate of the First Nations Studies program at the University of Northern British Columbia. Her family and Leona Morin-Neilson’s family have been close friends for many years, and Caitlin continues to learn about traditional plant medicines from Leona. Caitlin has written and illustrated the first two books in the Nôhkom series — niwîcihâw / I Help and nipêhon / I Wait. She is currently living with her family in Tahltan Territory in northern British Columbia. 

LEONA MORIN-NEILSON teaches Cree at the “Power of Friendship” Aboriginal Head Start program in Prince George, British Columbia, and at the University of Northern British Columbia. She also teaches people in her community about traditional plants and how they can be used for medicinal purposes. She lives in Prince George, British Columbia.

A quiet, gentle picture book about a contemporary First Nations family and their ties to one another, their heritage, and their homeland. - Kirkus Reviews

I Wait is a thoughtful story that captures important teachable moments in a child’s life, moments that impart knowledge, strengthen family bonds and build character. - Canadian Review of Materials

The acrylic illustrations are the work of Caitlin Dale Nicholson who ensures accuracy and reality while going beyond true likeness and sharing the feel of the people and the place. The patience and connection between the three generations is palpable, even as they work separately and seemingly silently. - CanLit for Little Canadians

Warm acrylic illustrations express the sense of peace and pleasure of time spent together conveyed by the text, which is punctuated with playful humor. - International Literacy Association