Otter Doesn’t Know

Andrea Fritz

Sep 2023 · Coast Salish Tales Ibhuku elingu-1 · Orca Book Publishers

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Key Selling Points

• Thuqi' the salmon's bravery and kindness help her find her way in this story about being comfortable not having all the answers.
• The text includes names and words in Hul'q'umi'num', an Indigenous language spoken on and around Vancouver Island, British Columbia. A glossary, pronunciation guide and introduction to Hul'q'umi'num' are included in the back matter.
• The illustrations follow the Coast Salish art tradition of combining four basic shapes in both positive and negative space.
• Author/illustrator Andrea Fritz studied with Kwakwa̱ka̱ʼwakw artist and master carver Victor Newman. She shares Coast Salish stories, both traditional ones learned orally and new ones created from modern experience, with school children throughout British Columbia.

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Andrea Fritz is a Coast Salish artist and storyteller from the Lyackson First Nation of the Hul’q’umi’num’-speaking Peoples on the West Coast of Canada. She studied West Coast Native art with Victor Newman, a Kwakwa̱ka̱ʼwak master artist. Andrea strives to express her People’s history and all our futures through her art. She focuses on animals and places of the West Coast and our intricate relationships with them. Andrea works in the mediums of acrylic on canvas and wood, serigraph, vector art and multimedia. She has had numerous gallery shows and participates in community-based art pieces. Andrea lives in Victoria, British Columbia.