{"id":46680,"date":"2026-07-30T22:48:39","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T02:48:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=46680"},"modified":"2026-07-30T22:48:39","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T02:48:39","slug":"review-of-when-im-a-moshom-by-david-a-robertson-and-corrie-hill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=46680","title":{"rendered":"Review of When I’m a Moshom, by David A. Robertson and Corrie Hill"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>When I’m a Moshom<\/em><\/p>\n

written by David A. Robertson
\nillustrated by Corrie Hill<\/p>\n

Tundra, 2026. 36 pages.
\nReview written July 9, 2026, from a library book.
\nStarred Review<\/p>\n

This beautiful, soothing, and inspiring book will leave you with a warm and happy feeling. It’s from the creators of On the Trapline<\/a><\/em>, written after the death of the author’s father. Told from the perspective of his young son, it’s a wonderful homage to the boy’s Moshom (grandfather).<\/p>\n

Each section is headlined by a word in Swampy Cree with the English translation in parentheses. [And I apologize – I put the Swampy Cree words with the correctly accented letters into this post, but my blog didn’t recognize those characters and when I came back to it, they’re replaced with question marks. Instead of getting it wrong, I will simply list what they mean in English.] Some examples are “teacher,” “love,” and “your home.” Then the text starts with these lines:<\/p>\n

When I’m a moshom,
\nA long, long time from now, . . .<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And we get gentle descriptions of the things the moshom will do with his grandchildren… “Because that’s what Moshom used to always do.”<\/p>\n

When I’m a moshom,
\nA long, long time from now,
\nI will go to all my grandchildren’s activities,
\nJust like Moshom did.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Those activities will include dancing, swimming, gymnastics, playing hockey.<\/p>\n

Because moshoms bring the best luck,
\nEspecially when they watch their grandchildren play.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The child’s Moshom taught them things, like words in the Cree language. He did things with them. He told them stories. He showed them his community.<\/p>\n

My favorite section is probably the one headed by the word for Love:<\/p>\n

When I’m a moshom,
\nA long, long time from now,
\nI will tell my grandchildren I love them,
\nJust like Moshom did.<\/p>\n

I’ll say I love you when I visit them,
\nAnd they’ll jump into my arms and knock the wind out of me.<\/p>\n

I’ll say I love you when they visit me,
\nAnd I’ll swing them around in a great, big circle.<\/p>\n

I’ll say I love you when they call,
\nAnd they’ll hug their phone tight to their chests.<\/p>\n

When ever they say, “Moshom, I love you,”
\nI’ll say “kis\u00e2k\u00e2hitin.” I love you, too.<\/p>\n

Because that’s what Moshom used to always do.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

An incredibly touching book for talking with a child about their grandparents. What things will your child do when they are a grandparent?<\/p>\n

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\ncorriehill.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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When I’m a Moshom written by David A. Robertson illustrated by Corrie Hill Tundra, 2026. 36 pages. Review written July 9, 2026, from a library book. Starred Review This beautiful, soothing, and inspiring book will leave you with a warm and happy feeling. It’s from the creators of On the Trapline, written after the death […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,15,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-contemporary","category-picture-book-review","category-starred-review"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46680"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46680\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46768,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46680\/revisions\/46768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}