<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[author results for Atkins, Elinor]]></title><description><![CDATA[author results for Atkins, Elinor]]></description><link>https://gateway.bibliocommons.com/v2/libraries/surrey/rss/search?query=Atkins%2C%20Elinor&amp;searchType=author&amp;origin=core-catalog-explore&amp;view=grouped</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 16:39:56 GMT</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[The Bears and the Magic Masks]]></title><description><![CDATA["Joseph Dandurand captures the delightful relationship between bears and the Kwantlen people in his fourth book. For a long time, the Kwantlen and the bears have lived side by side. When the master carver falls into the river, the bears rescue him. In thanks, the master carver gives the bears animal masks. But the bears don't know that these masks are magical. The Bears and the Magic Masks is the fourth in the Kwantlen Stories Then and Now series by Joseph Dandurand, following The Girl Who Loved the Birds, A Magical Sturgeon and The Sasquatch, the Fire and the Cedar Baskets"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://surrey.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S71C1050372</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://surrey.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S71C1050372</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dandurand, Joseph A.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://surrey.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1050372071</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780889714748/MC.GIF&amp;client=surreyp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Magical Sturgeon]]></title><description><![CDATA[Written and illustrated in the tradition of the Kwantlen people, Joseph Dandurand's book is an endearing tale of two sisters and their connection with nature. In the water sat a sturgeon, born there, so they say, thousands of years ago, though the sturgeon themselves have been here for two hundred million years. It was at first a little egg, a big egg, born into the river. Now the sturgeon is back but how did it get here? How did the first sturgeon come to be? Earth and the river, moons and suns and clouds. Time, thousands of years and the Skwó:wech has seen it all. But what gift does the sturgeon have for us? The sturgeon, spirit of the great river, eludes human fishers until two young sisters neglect to follow their mother's instructions. What follows provides a moving exploration of the importance of sharing and kinship with all other living things. The story is told with grace and simplicity by a master storyteller in the great tradition of the Kwantlen people.]]></description><link>https://surrey.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S71C949045</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://surrey.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S71C949045</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dandurand, Joseph A.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://surrey.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/949045071</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780889713901/MC.GIF&amp;client=surreyp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Girl Who Loved the Birds]]></title><description><![CDATA["A story for children by Kwantlen storyteller and award-winning poet Joseph Dandurand. The Girl Who Loved the Birds is the third in a series of Kwantlen legends by award-winning author Joseph Dandurand, following The Sasquatch, the Fire and the Cedar Baskets and A Magical Sturgeon. Accompanied by beautiful watercolour illustrations by Kwantlen artist Elinor Atkins, this tender children's story follows a young Kwantlen girl who shares her life with the birds of the island she calls home. Collecting piles of sticks and moss for the builders of nests, sharing meals with the eagles and owls, the girl forms a lifelong bond with her feathered friends, and soon they begin to return her kindness. Written with Dandurand's familiar simplicity and grace, The Girl Who Loved the Birds is a striking story of kinship and connection."-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://surrey.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S71C1019248</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://surrey.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S71C1019248</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dandurand, Joseph A.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://surrey.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1019248071</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780889714441/MC.GIF&amp;client=surreyp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item></channel></rss>