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  • Banner for “Ink & Imagination: Willie Poll & Chantelle Trainor-Matties,” featuring a dialogue between the author and illustrator of A Salmon Story. The design shows portraits of Willie Poll and Chantelle Trainor-Matties against a split background—dark gray on the left with text and bright blue on the right with illustrated salmon swimming underwater. The Open Book logo appears in the bottom left corner.
    Banner for “Ink & Imagination: Willie Poll & Chantelle Trainor-Matties,” featuring a dialogue between the author and illustrator of A Salmon Story. The design shows portraits of Willie Poll and Chantelle Trainor-Matties against a split background—dark gray on the left with text and bright blue on the right with illustrated salmon swimming underwater. The Open Book logo appears in the bottom left corner.
    March 11, 2026

    Ink & Imagination! Willie Poll & Chantelle Trainor-Matties Interview Each Other About A SALMON STORY

    The journey of a young fish becomes the heart of A Salmon Story: Protecting the Future (OwlKids Books), a lyrical and informative picture book that traces the life cycle of wild salmon while asking readers ...

  • Interview with Willie Poll, author of Our Ancestor's Kitchen, illustrated by Shaikara David banner. Background image of author standing sideways and looking outward against a backdrop of slightly out-of-focus woodland behind her, wearing denim jacket over a black shirt with long dark hair with blue highlights. Solid blue section to centre-right with text and Open Book logo overlaid.
    Interview with Willie Poll, author of Our Ancestor's Kitchen, illustrated by Shaikara David banner. Background image of author standing sideways and looking outward against a backdrop of slightly out-of-focus woodland behind her, wearing denim jacket over a black shirt with long dark hair with blue highlights. Solid blue section to centre-right with text and Open Book logo overlaid.
    April 05, 2025

    Every Ingredient in Our Ancestors' Kitchen by Willie Poll Thrums With Meaning and Tradition

    Métis activist and storyteller Willie Poll has deep connections to her community and traditions, all of which is on full display in a beautiful new picture book from the author. Poll's poetic voice ...

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