• #OwnVoices Indigenous title
• A validating representation of neurodiversity that integrates an Indigenous worldview and offers coping strategies for any kids dealing with sensory overload
• Positive, affirming intergenerational (grandparent-grandchild) relationship that models consent; transmission of knowledge from elder to new generation
• Nature appreciation/mindfulness
• Urban nature; Indigenous concepts of connection with land

JEFFREY ANSLOOS is a Cree educator and psychologist, and the Canada Research Chair in Critical Studies in Indigenous Health and Social Action on Suicide. He is the author of The Medicine of Peace: Indigenous Youth Decolonizing Healing and Resisting Violence.

SHEZZA ANSLOOS is a Cree writer, educator, artist, and speaker. She is the author of two children’s books, I Loved Her and The Fire Walker. Ansloos is also an award-winning singer-songwriter and visual artist. She lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

JOSHUA MANGESHIG PAWIS-STECKLEY is an Anishinaabe artist/illustrator from Wasauksing First Nation. He is a self-taught artist who works in the Woodland art style of the Anishinaabe people.

“Thunder’s story may help many young readers with their own noise storms.”

“An unusual gentle and reflective book, one that conveys the wisdom of the relationship between First Nations people and their connection to nature, providing a universal but often forgotten message.”

“Joshua Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley’s illustrations lovingly convey Thunder’s journey to calmness through his depiction of the natural world and the sounds that we all should be listening for daily. Recommended for home and school libraries. Also recommended for all children coping with anxiety.”