My Street Remembers

How many footsteps have walked your street in the past? My Street Remembers peels back the history of one city street in North America to reveal the greater story of the land on which we live.

The story begins 14,000 years ago, when mammoths roamed the icefields, and the First Peoples followed their trail. Historically accurate illustrations show the lives of their descendants over thousands of years as they hunted and gathered food, built homes and celebrated together, until the 1600s, when Europeans arrived with settlers in their wake.

In lyrical text, the street remembers agreements to live in peace, the efforts of the British to take the land with unfair treaties, and the conflict and suffering that followed. The street recalls its naming, paving and the waves of immigrants who called it home. Illustrations of recent times depict Canada's apology to Indigenous Peoples and efforts toward Truth and Reconciliation, including a march that brings the community of the street together.

This rich collaboration between author Karen Krossing, of White settler descent, and Anishinaabe artist Cathie Jamieson ends with a question that readers anywhere can ask-what does your street remember?





Key Text Features

author's note

bibliography

captions

explanation

facts

flags

further information

historical context

historical note

illustrations

illustrator's notes

sources

timeline

vignettes

writing inspiration

 

Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.3

Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details.

About the author

KAREN KROSSING is an author of settler heritage who has written twelve books for kids and teens, including the picture books One Tiny Bubble and Sour Cakes, and the novels Monster vs. Boy and Punch Like a Girl. She has twice won the SCBWI Crystal Kite Award and has been a finalist for the Ontario Library Association White Pine Award, among other honors. She holds an MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts, and she's on faculty at Whale Rock Literary Workshops. Karen lives in Toronto, Ontario.

Product details

• Authors: Karen Krossing, Krossing Karen
• Assisted by: Cathie Jamieson (Illustration)
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 16.10.2025
• Subject: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > History, politics
• EAN: 9781773066356
• ISBN: 978-1-77306-635-6
• Pages: 48
• Age Recommendation: ages 3 to 6
• Illustrations: Full color throughout
• Dimensions (packing): 27.9 x 20.3 cm
• Weight (packing): 480 g
• Series: Better Paths
• Subjects: History, Geography, Gentrification, Community, North America, History & the past: general interest (Children's / Teenage), Anthropology, Archeology, JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / Canada / General, Infrastructure, Riverdale, Decolonization, Public Space, Children’s picture books, Children’s / Teenage general interest: History and the past, Picture books, City Life, Immigration and emigration, North and Central American indigenous languages, Columbus Day, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Places / Canada, Demographics, confederation, Turtle Island, placemaking, ancestors, Neighborhoods, Danforth, street names, land back, prehistoric animals, all our relations, land acknowledgement, Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, indigenous peoples day, pre-Colombian, UNDRIP, orange shirt day, National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, Toronto, Ontario, habitats and ecosystems, Indigenous, Native American, and Indian, Canada and United States, Greek Town, City of Neighbors, UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, ThinkCities, gathering space, streetonomics, September 30, Dish with One Spoon Treaty, heritage and culture, East York, odonymy, urban development, renewal, and decay, Pre-Contact, Mississaugas of the Credit