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The hill
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.Tales the elders told: Ojibway legends
By Basil Johnston. 1981
These legends, which include "Why birds go south in winter" and "The first butterflies", are an integral part of the…
spiritual and cultural heritage of the Ojibway people. For all ages.Red Wolf
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.Devant ma maison
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.My heart fills with happiness
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.I am not a number
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.Hawk
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.Un cadeau pour Sophie: conte et chansons
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.Caillou chez le docteur ((À petits pas (Chouette (Firme))).)
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.La petite fille et les loups
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.Le noir quart d'heure (Pastel)
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.Le nuage policier
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.Le roi du château
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.The mask that sang
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.Aaron's awful allergies
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.These are my words: the residential school diary of Violet Pesheens (Dear Canada)
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.Aaron's awful allergies
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.Sharing Our Truths/Tapwe (The Land Is Our Story Book #9)
By Mindy Willett, Henry Beaver. 2019
Henry and Eileen Beaver and their family live in Fort Smith, on the Slave River between Lake Athabaska and Great…
Slave Lake in the Northwest Territories. They have a mixed indigenous heritage of Nehiyaw or Cree and Dene Dedline or Chipewyan.Join the authors as they lead the children and parents through important cultural experiences, tell stories, and share their wisdom and truths with compassion. Learn the protocols for building a tipi, trapping a beaver, laying the grandfather stones for a fire, smudging, and harvesting salt from the Salt Plains in Wood Buffalo National Park. In Cree, tapwe means "it is so," or "the truth." In this, the ninth book in This Land Is Our Storybook series, Henry writes, "We can't tell you what to do with the truths we share in this book, but we hope that reading our story will help you get to know us a little better so that together we can make this nation a place we can all be proud of."Siha Tooskin Knows the Love of the Dance (Siha Tooskin Knows #8)
By Charlene Bearhead, Wilson Bearhead, Chloe Bluebird Mustooch. 2020
Thundering drums, rattling hooves, clinking jingles—come along with Paul, Jeff, and Uncle Lenard to the powwow! Paul Wahasaypa—Siha Tooskin—has invited…
his friend, Jeff, to a powwow. It’s Jeff’s very first powwow, and is he ever nervous! What if he says or does the wrong thing? Grass dancers, Fancy Shawl dancers, Chicken dancers—what does it all mean? Follow along as Jeff learns all about the dances and their beautiful traditions. See you at the powwow!The Siha Tooskin Knows series uses vivid narratives and dazzling illustrations in contemporary settings to share stories about an 11-year-old Nakota boy.An Anishinaabe child and her grandmother explore the natural wonders of each season in this lyrical, bilingual story-poem. In this…
lyrical story-poem, written in Anishinaabemowin and English, a child and grandmother explore their surroundings, taking pleasure in the familiar sights that each new season brings. We accompany them through warm summer days full of wildflowers, bees and blueberries, then fall, when bears feast before hibernation and forest mushrooms are ripe for harvest. Winter mornings begin in darkness as deer, mice and other animals search for food, while spring brings green shoots poking through melting snow and the chirping of peepers. Brittany Luby and Joshua Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley have created a book inspired by childhood memories of time spent with Knowledge Keepers, observing and living in relationship with the natural world in the place they call home — the northern reaches of Anishinaabewaking, around the Great Lakes.