Jay Odjick
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JAY ODJICK is an artist and writer from the Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg Algonquin community, just outside of Maniwaki, Quebec. He has created comic books and produced the animated TV series Kagagi: The Raven, which airs in Canada, the US and Australia. He previously illustrated Robert Munsch's picture books Blackflies, Bear for Breakfast / Makwa kidji kijebià wìsinyàn as well as The Ocean Goes on Forever, which appears in the anthology Munsch Mania. He is thrilled to be able to join forces with Robert Munsch to bring stories about today's Indigenous kids to a broad audience. Visit him online at www.kagagi.squarespace.com.
Awards
- Bear for Breakfast, Long-listed, First Nation Communities READ Award, 2020
- Bear for Breakfast, Commended, Toronto Public Library First & Best Booklist, 2019
- Bear for Breakfast, Commended, Toronto Public Library First & Best booklist, 2019