Must-Have True story of Indigenous girls' survival & resilience

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Art by Carrielynn Victor from The Secret Pocket

A must-have book for teaching about residential schools, resilience and reconciliation

The Secret Pocket tells the powerful true story of how Indigenous girls at a residential school sewed secret pockets into their dresses to hide food and survive. This is an unforgettable story of ingenuity and resilience in the face of genocide, and a celebration of quiet resistance.

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NEW! Picture Book | Gr. 1–4

Hardcover $21.95 | E-book $16.99

"We filled our pockets with so much more than food. We filled them with our future."

Author Peggy Janicki’s debut children’s book tells her mother's story from her time attending residential school. Peggy is Dakelh and a teacher in the Mission School District in British Columbia. She's also a mentor to other Indigenous teachers. She is donating the proceeds of the book to the Nak'azdli Whuten Elders Society.

Themes: residential school history, resistance, survival, Indigenous Peoples, colonization, resilience, ingenuity