The Girl's Guide to Home Skills

Jan was raised in Michigan, and since her marriage more than thirty years ago has lived throughout the Midwest. Her first love was homeschooling, but when her youngest son graduated she asked God to give her something useful to do for the next phase of her life. The answer was a computer and the deep well of family stories handed down from her parents and grandparents. A lover of history and the outdoors, Jan spends her spare time hiking in the Black Hills of South Dakota with her family.

A Métis children's book author and public speaker, Rebekah Wilson is passionate about carrying on Métis stories and history to the next generation. Her debut children's narrative, The Tiny Voyageur, tells the story of a young girl who travels back in the dream world to spend time with her ancestors, learning the Michif language and the Métis way of life. Rebekah is a grateful guest living in the traditional territory of the Saugeen Ojibway Nation in Ontario, Canada. She loves spending time learning about plants and medicines from her grandmother, being out on the land and on the water, and sharing her love of beadwork through storytelling.