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By Karen Bass. 2016
Jared’s plane has crashed in the Alberta wilderness, and Kyle is first on the scene. When Jared insists on hiking…
up the highest hill in search of cell phone reception, Kyle hesitates; his Cree grandmother has always forbidden him to go near it. There’s no stopping Jared, though, so Kyle reluctantly follows. After a night spent on the hilltop - with no cell service - the teens discover something odd: the plane has disappeared. Nothing in the forest surrounding them seems right. In fact, things seem very wrong. And worst of all, something - a creature that should only exist in legend - is hunting them. For senior high readers. 2016.By Jennifer Dance. 2014
Life is changing for Canada's Anishnaabek Nation and for the wolf packs that share their territory. In the late 1800s,…
both Native people and wolves are being forced from the land. Starving and lonely, an orphaned timber wolf is befriended by a boy named Red Wolf. But under the Indian Act, Red Wolf is forced to attend a residential school far from the life he knows, and the wolf is alone once more. Courage, love and fate reunite the pair, and they embark on a perilous journey home. But with winter closing in, will Red Wolf and Crooked Ear survive? And if they do, what will they find? For junior high readers. 2014.By Marianne Dubuc. 2010
Un imagier jouant sur les associations d'idées d'un jeune narrateur qui présente sa maison, ce qui l'entoure et ce qu'elle…
contient, amenant par la même occasion le lecteur à faire un voyage dans sa chambre, sous son lit, où il ne trouve rien (ouf!) mis à part une vieille chaussette et un livre de contes. Ce dernier contient de nombreux personnages qui défilent ainsi que leurs univers respectifs. Après avoir évoqué princesses, loups, pirates et autres héros des classiques de la littérature pour enfants, il convie le lecteur à une visite au zoo de la ville avant de retourner à la maison et refermer la boucle de cette journée. Années M-2. 2010.By Monique Smith. 2016
The sun on your face. The smell of warm bannock baking in the oven. Holding the hand of someone you…
love. What fills your heart with happiness? This beautiful board book, with illustrations from celebrated artist Julie Flett, serves as a reminder for little ones and adults alike to reflect on and cherish the moments in life that bring us joy. Winner of the 2017 Christie Harris Illustrated Children’s Literature Prize. Grades K-3. 2016.By Kathy Kacer, Jenny Kay Dupuis. 2016
Based on the life of Jenny Kay Dupuis' own grandmother, a young First Nations girl who was sent to a…
residential school. When eight-year-old Irene is removed from her First Nations family to live in a residential school she is confused, frightened, and terribly homesick. She tries to remember who she is and where she came from despite the efforts of the nuns to force her to do otherwise. Grades 3-6. Winner of the 2018 Silver Birch Express Honour Book Award. Winner of the 2018 Hackmatack Award for non-fiction. Winner of the 2018 Red Cedar Information Book Award. 2016.By Jennifer Dance, Allister Thompson. 2016
Hawk, a First Nations teen from northern Alberta, is a cross-country runner. But when Hawk discovers he has leukemia, his…
identity as a star athlete is stripped away, along with his muscles and energy. When he finds an osprey, “a fish hawk,” mired in a pond of toxic residue from the oil sands industry, he sees his life-or-death struggle echoed by the young bird. Slipping in and out of consciousness, Hawk has visions of the osprey and other animals that shared his childhood home: woodland caribou, wolves, and wood buffalo. They are all helpless and vulnerable, their forest and muskeg habitat vanishing. Hawk sees in these tragedies parallels with his own fragile life, and wants to forge a new identity - one that involves standing up for the voiceless creatures that share his world. But he needs to survive long enough to do it. For junior and senior high readers. 2016.By Donald Clayton Porter. 1982
Renno’s son, Ja-gonh, sets out to kill Huron brave Gray Fox, who murdered Renno’s father. But Gray Fox kidnaps Ja-gonh’s…
betrothed and offers her to the French king, Louis XV, as mistress. While Ja-gonh pursues them, Renno battles illness at home. Some descriptions of sex and some violence. Sequel to "Renno" (DC13362). Followed by "War cry". 1982. (The White Indian series ; 6)By Gilles Vigneault. 2007
Neuf chansons de Gilles Vigneault autour dun grand conte qui parle damitié, de vieillesse et de mort, de printemps, de…
corneilles et de retrouvailles. Sophie et Émilio noublieront jamais le bonhomme Tom, celui qui a su leur faire entrevoir le monde à travers le prisme des trésors du cœur. Pour dessiner, il faut savoir regarder, cest ce message tout simple que nous livre Un cadeau pour Sophie. Années 1-3. 2007.By Joceline Sanschagrin. 2013
Malgré tous les bons soins que lui prodigue sa maman depuis deux jours, Caillou a encore de la fièvre. Il…
faut aller chez le docteur. Une visite chez le médecin peut-être riche en émotions : insécurité, peur de l'étranger, ce livre se veut rassurant ; il souligne la capacité naturelle des parents à bien s'occuper de leur enfant et prépare les tout petits à rencontrer le médecin. Années M-2.By Gilles Tibo. 2011
À une époque lointaine, une petite fille, Léopoldine, vivait avec son grand-père, le célèbre magicien Magikolini. Chaque fois que la…
petite fille exprimait un souhait, la magie de son grand-père lexauçait. Elle vivait ainsi entourée de jouets plus extravagants les uns que les autresMais, un jour dennui, la petite et son grand-père se perdirent dans une forêt infestée de loups... après sêtre rendus compte que la magie du vieil homme nopérait plus. Léopoldine découvrira ainsi la magie du courage, de la débrouillardise, la beauté de la nature et des petites choses de la vie. Années M-2 et plus.By Carl Norac. 2015
À la manière des femmes de mineurs de la région de Mons, une maman et sa petite fille inventent de…
courtes histoires dans le noir, à l'heure du coucher, pendant le noir quart d'heure. Années 1-3.By Christoph Niemann, Christelle Henry. 2011
Depuis toujours, ce petit nuage rêve de devenir policier dans la grande ville : arrêter les voleurs, régler la circulation,…
surveiller le parc municipal. Bref, porter une casquette bleue et aider les gens ! Aidé par son ami l'hélicoptère, il entre dans la police. Et là, catastrophe ! Tout ce quil entreprend rate lamentablement. Que faire quand on a une vocation qui ne correspond pas à ses talents ni aux circonstances ? En changer, bien sûr ! Le hasard et les sentiments vont voler au secours du petit nuage. Années M-2. Titre uniforme: The police cloud.By Françoise Viroux. 2012
C'est un magnifique château qu'Émile a passé la matinée à construire. Le plus beau de toute la plage, et le…
plus gros. Tellement beau que tout le monde le convoite et veut y habiter. Il suffit qu'Émile ait le dos tourné et parte se baigner pour qu'une famille de bigorneaux, puis un jeune crabe déboulent, entrent et prétendent être les rois du château. Évidemment, Émile nest pas d'accord. Le roi, c'est lui. Mais il lui faudra apprendre que, sur la plage, tout près des vagues, les monarchies ne sont pas très durables. Années 1-3.A Choctaw boy tells the story of his tribe's removal from the only land its people had ever known, and…
how their journey to Oklahoma led him to become a ghost--one with the ability to help those he left behind. Followed by "When a ghost talks, listen". Grades 3-6. 2013.By Susan Currie. 2016
When Cass's estranged grandmother unexpectedly leaves her house and savings to Cass and her mom, it is just the thing…
they need to change their lives. Cass is being bullied at school, and her mom just lost her job—again—so they pack up and move in. Cass finds an intriguing and powerful mask in her new room, and she is inexplicably drawn to it. A strange relationship grows between Cass and the mask; it sings her songs, shows her visions of past traumas and encourages her to be brave when facing bullies. The mask eventually leads her to discover her own Cayuga heritage and leads her into the arms of a community that's been waiting for them. Winner of the Second Story Press Aboriginal Writing Contest. Grades 3-6. 2016.By Troon Harrison. 1996
Aaron loves animals -- he has a dog, a cat, six kittens, and six guinea pigs to prove it. He's…
having a wonderful summer until he starts sneezing and his head aches. Grades K-3.By Ruby Slipperjack. 2016
Twelve-year-old Violet Pesheens is taken away to Residential School in 1966. The diary recounts her experiences of travelling there, the…
first day, and first months, focusing on the everyday life she experiences--the school routine, battles with Cree girls, being quarantined over Christmas, getting home at Easter and reuniting with her family. When the time comes to gather at the train station for the trip back to the residential school, her mother looks her in the eye and asks, "Do you want to go back, or come with us to the trapline?" Violet knows the choice she must make. Grades 4-7. 2016.By Troon Harrison. 1996
Aaron loves animals -- he has a dog, a cat, six kittens, and six guinea pigs to prove it. He's…
having a wonderful summer until he starts sneezing and his head aches. Grades K-3.By Nahanni Shingoose. 2019
Part Ojibwe and part white, River lives with her white mother and stepfather on a farm in Ontario. Teased about…
her Indigenous heritage as a young girl, she feels like she doesn't belong and struggles with her identity.Now eighteen and just finished high school, River travels to Winnipeg to spend the summer with her Indigenous father and grandmother, where she sees firsthand what it means to be an "urban Indian."On her family's nearby reserve, she learns more than she expects about the lives of Indigenous people, including the presence of Indigenous gangs and the multi-generational effects of the residential school system. But River also discovers a deep respect for and connection with the land and her cultural traditions. The highlight of her summer is attending the annual powwow with her new friends.At the powwow after party, however, River drinks too much and posts photos online that anger people and she has her right to identify as an Indigenous person called into question.Can River ever begin to resolve the complexities of her identity — Indigenous and not?By Samantha Berger, Kristyna Litten. 2015
This rollicking, rhyming snooze-tastic story puts a new spin on rocking your little one to sleep. So, grab a ticket…
to the place where the best of bedtime sleepers go- SnoozeFest. Snuggleford Cuddlebun is a champion sleeper. And so she decides to go to SnoozeFest, a music festival for nappers, dozers, and the very best sleepyheads. There she lounges in her hammock while bands like the Nocturnal Nesters serenade the audience with lullabies. There's warm milk for all and a fabulous pajama parade. But before she knows it, the nuzzling, snuggling, and dreaming are over - and Snuggleford has slept through it all. This rollicking, rhyming snooze-tastic story puts a new spin on rocking your little one to sleep. So, grab a ticket to the place where the best of bedtime sleepers go- SnoozeFest. 'This knowing, affectionate spoof of music festivals is fresh and timely . . . ' Publishers Weekly 'No snoozefest here-great fun.'Kirkus Reviews